Immanuel Kant suggested, in his Investigation of the Question Whether the Earth Has Undergone Any Change in Its Axial Rotation (1754), that, according to Newtonian physics, in the distant past: the Earth had a longer day than 365 hours, but a year equal to 365 of our modern 24-hour days the Earth had a shorter year than 365 of our modern 24-hour days, but a longer day than 24 hours the Earth had a shorter day than 24 hours, but a year equal to 365 of our modern 24-hour days the Earth had a longer day than 24 hours, but a longer year than 365 of our modern 24-hour days the Earth had a year equal to 365 of our modern 24-hour days, but a longer day than 24 hours

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Immanuel Kant suggested, in his Investigation of the Question Whether the Earth Has Undergone Any Change in Its Axial Rotation (1754), that, according to Newtonian physics, in the distant past:

  1. the Earth had a longer day than 365 hours, but a year equal to 365 of our modern 24-hour days
  2. the Earth had a shorter year than 365 of our modern 24-hour days, but a longer day than 24 hours
  3. the Earth had a shorter day than 24 hours, but a year equal to 365 of our modern 24-hour days
  4. the Earth had a longer day than 24 hours, but a longer year than 365 of our modern 24-hour days
  5. the Earth had a year equal to 365 of our modern 24-hour days, but a longer day than 24 hours
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