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11 years ago
In physics we had the question "what is your angular displacement on earth during this period?"  Is it possible for a stationary object to have an angular displacement ON EARTH. No matter how many times the earth rotates wouldn't you still have the same relative angle to the earth? Therefore 0 angular displacement on earth?
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11 years ago
Presumably the question is referring to your angular displacement relative to the centre of the Earth due to its rotation.  This would be 360 every 24 hours (approximately).

It's as well to be explicit and precise about these things since you also have a somewhat slower angular displacement about the sun and and even slower one about the centre of the galaxy.
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