2 Measuring vitamin D levels is also expensive, costing between $50 and $220 per test in commercial laboratories for patients without insurance. Another challenge is that the level of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D that should be considered normal is unclear.
The closer a planet is to the sun, the shorter the time to complete one revolution is. Mercury, for example, has an orbital period of 88 days while it takes Jupiter about 11.86 years. The period of the Earth's orbit is usually thought to be 365 days as calendars show. However when averaged it is actually about 365.25 days, which requires an extra day on the calendar every four years (causing a leap year). Contradictions within orbit times are probably caused by the ages of the sources.
It is also the length of a sidereal day -- the time it takes the earth to rotate 360Â°. A sidereal day could be measured using fixed stars. In conclusion the actual period of rotation of the earth is 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds or 86,164 seconds.