Did read something similar a well as other theories. Here's one Christians view which you may or not agree with. I accept it happened but don't know how. https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_625.cfm QUOTE """The record of the long day has been much debated. Parallels have been found in Chinese, Egyptian and Mexican stories, but these will not coincide with the date or time of day (E.W. Maunder, JTVI, 1921, pp. 120-148); and an astronomical aberration would not have gone unrecorded in Babylon (John Lilley,The New Laymans Bible Commentary, G.C.D. Howley, F.F. Bruce, H.L. Ellison, eds., Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1979, pp. 320,321).