Synodic day
rotation period of a body relative to the primary object it orbits, e.g. solar day From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A synodic day (or synodic rotation period or solar day) is the period for a celestial object to rotate once in relation to the star it is orbiting, and is the basis of solar time.
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