Boys Champs begun in 1910 â Wolmers High School won. Girls Champs begun in 1957 â St. Hildaâs High School won. Boys Champs was held separately from Girls Champs. In 1999, Boys and Girls Champs were merged into one event. There was no Champs held in 1944 (Boys Champs), 1958, 1959 and 1960 (Girls Champs)
It actually takes the Earth 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.09 seconds to turn once on its axis compared to the background stars. The night sky, showing 6 hours of rotation captured by long-exposure.
Most people know that the Earth revolves around the Sun in one year (actually. 365.24 days and we add one day to the calendar every four years, for a âleap. yearâ). Most also know that it takes 24 hours (actually 23 hours and 56 minutes) for the Earth to make a full rotation on its axis. Fewer people know that the Earthâs orbit is elliptical, or oval shaped, and that the Earth is sometimes slightly closer to the Sun than at other times, but this is not what causes the seasons, in fact we are closest to the Sun in January! Seasons are caused by the fact that the âEarth is tiltedâ (see Figure 1). What we mean by that is that the Earthâs axial tilt is at an angle of 23.5 degrees relative to the plane of the Ecliptic, its plane of orbit around the Sun. And the imaginary line, on which the Earth rotates, its axis, is tilted close to Polaris, the North Star.