Earth’s Rotation Day is an annual occurrence celebrated on January 8th of every year. All of us are very well aware that the earth rotates. The planet will take 24 hours to complete one full rotation, and due to the rotation, we tend to see the day and night alternatively.
Being the only planet on which humans survive, Earth rotates about its own axis. The day is observed to celebrate the French Physicist, Leon Foucault who in 1851 demonstrated that the Earth rotates on its axis.
The history, origin, founder, and the year since the Earth’s Rotation Day have been celebrated are anonymous. However, this observance Day is created to honor the demonstration of Leon Foucault of France.
He was the one who mentioned that the earth rotated on its axis in 1851. Foucault suspended a lead-filled brass sphere from the top of the Panthéon in Paris to prove his theory. The lead-filled brass sphere is now called the Foucault Pendulum from the top of the Pantheon in Paris.
Foucault’s Pendulum has shown that the plane of the swing of the pendulum rotated relative to that of the Earth’s own rotation. Foucault’s pendulum has demonstrated that the earth’s rotation is the cause of gravity.
Get to know more about the earth’s rotation and research its history as not every day is this celebration Day. You can even enter a museum to see what Foucault’s Pendulum is and how it looks like.
Make your kids learn about this concept with a working model. Take them to learn about Earth’s rotation by visiting a local space and science museum.
On this day, science museums and schools host a variety of events to educate others about the earth’s rotation. Many people go to science museums to see a display of Foucault’s pendulum.