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When you orbit the Earth just above the atmosphere it takes 90 minutes to go once around. So that means in a 24-hour day, if you look down from orbit, you get to see 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets&mdash;and they are all particularly beautiful in space! ---- Answer provided by [[Derek Webber ]] & [[Capt. USN (Ret.) William Readdy]] [[Image:K2S logosmall.jpg]] Question and Answer extracted from the book [[Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer]] <gallery height=180px>Image:9781894959421.jpg|'''Buy This Book''' [http://www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here]</gallery> [[Category:Kids To Space]] [[Category:Kids To Space - DAYLIGHT and DARKNESS]]

Return to 08. How long are the days and the nights? How many sunrises and sunsets are there in 24 hours? Do we just see this happening on Earth, but not in space? (A K2S Question).