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The sun appears to move across the sky, because the earth spins on it's axis. To a person standing on the earth, the sun subtends an angle of 0 sun=9.28x10^-3 rad. How much time (in seconds) does it take for the sun to move a distance equal to its own diameter?

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The time taken by sun to move equal to its diameter relative to a person on earth is calculated.

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