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Stars are not always in the same place. Stars were drawn in a cave in France 35,000 years ago. One has moved away from where it was at that time. When the pyramids were built, The world had a different north star. The stars are moving. We simply do not live long enough to see them change position. Our lives are short compared to the few thousand years it would take to notice the difference in the position of stars.

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the earth doesnt rotate around the moon it just rotates around the sun. that means, moon rotates around the earth, earth rotates around the sun.(i figured this out in your question 'why does the earth rotate around the sun and the moon?')

the moon rotates around the earth and the earth rotates around the sun because of the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon.

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They are so incredibly far away that we have absolutely no practical experience to help us make distinctions. There are also no guideposts against which we can determine anything about the distance of stars. In the real world, and some Photography and visual arts, there are various cues that our eyes and brain interpret as distance and 3-dimensionality.

Actually, on unusually clear nights where there is little or no light pollution, the sky seems to have a wavy, undulating look to me. The brighter stars seem closer, and so where there are groups of them, there seems to be a warping of the sky toward the earth. Of course, I'm talking about the appearance of the sky, and many brighter stars are farther away than some dimmer ones.

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 Thank you so much! I finally understand! 😊

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It happens because the Earth rotates on a fixed axis which always points in the same direction.

(Also, the stars are very far away, so the Earth's orbit of the Sun has almost no effect on the position of the stars in the sky.)

As the Earth rotates (once every 24 hours, approximately) all the stars seem to follow fixed paths across the sky from east to west.

The points on the horizon where the Sun rises and sets do change.

That's because we orbit the Sun.

The combination of this orbit with the Earth's tilted axis affects the direction of sunrise and sunset during the year.

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Because they're so far away from us that it takes several human lifetimes to notice that

a star has moved.

Watch a passenger jet flying over your city. It may be cruising along at 400 miles an hour,

but it's so far away from you that it seems to be moving rather slowly.

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Sure it revolves around the Sun - both Earth and Moon move together around the Sun.

Answer2: The moon revolves around the earth because the earth's gravitational force on the moon is greater than the sun's. The sun force is enough to also make the moon revolve around the sun also, so the moon revolves around both the earth and the sun.

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During the early formation of the earth it was struck by a sizeable asteroid which almost destroyed the earth, but instead a large amount was thrown off which created a blob of rock smaller than the earth and it was captured in the orbit of the earth.

Because the centre of rotation of the two objects (the earth and the moon) is inside the earth it is considered to orbit the earth.

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We do indeed see the same stars, but they are moving relative to us and our view of them does change throughout the year, but very slowly and not much. The relative movement is due both to the spin of the earth and its orbit about the sun. This is because the stars are very distant compared to the sun. Rather like driving in the car on a sunny day - the trees move past quickly but the sun appears to remain where it is. Its a parallax difference, nearer objects have greater parallax than further objects.

Or if that's not clear - take a small object place it on the pavement (sidewalk) or in your garden then walk round it slowly pausing occasionally to look around you - the scenery doesn't change much but you are orbitting!! That's how it works for our star view more or less!

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Things in space orbit heavier things, such as the moon orbitting the Earth. It gets to the closest thing near it (Earth) and starts orbitting it. For example, if you were in space, you would start orbitting the sun. The more you go around it, the faster you start to spin.

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Objects in space are attracted to one another by gravity. The more mass an object has the more gravitational pull it exerts. Thus smaller objects become trapped in orbit around them. The planets orbit the much larger sun, and even smaller objects orbit the planets themselves as moons.

Also see the related question (linked to below) for more information.

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Does the moon rotate around earth?

No The moon roates around the earth. The earth rotates around the sun within the solar system.


Do the earth and moon rotate with each other?

It all depends on where you're standing. On Earth, you can see only one side of the Moon, so you can say that the Moon does NOT rotate relative to Earth. BUT as you watch the Moon all month long, you can see that different parts of it are Sun-lit at different times, so you can also say that the Moon DOES rotate relative to the Sun. Earth definitely rotates with respect to both Moon and Sun. As for 'rotating with each other', no; they both REVOLVE together around the Sun, but they can never ROTATE together. Rotation is a ball spinning, and revolution is the ball's path around a larger, heavier ball. Since the Earth and Moon are two separate balls, each has its own rotation, but they can both share revolution around the Sun.


Does the moon and earth rotate?

Yes. Both rotate or "scientifically" orbit.The Moon orbits The Earth and The Earth orbits The Sun. While orbiting The Earth The Moon also turns on its axis. While orbiting The Sun The Earth also turns on its axis.


How may times does the sun rotate around the earth i one year?

The sun does not rotate around the earth. Ever. The Earth rotates around the sun once in one year.


Does the earth orbit around the sun and moon?

No. The moon revolves around Earth, and Earth revolves around the sun.

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When does the moon rotate around the sun?

All the time. (The moon is actually orbiting around the Earth, which is orbiting around the sun)


How many days moon take to rotate around the sun?

It rotates around Earth not the sun.


When do you have a lunar eclipse?

when eath come in between the sun and moon lunar eclipse take place.As we know that moon revolves and rotate around the earth and earth revoles and rotate around the sun,sometimes the earth come between earth and sun while revolving around the sun and moon goes to back side of earth while rotating around the earth............


When do you have lunar eclipse?

when eath come in between the sun and moon lunar eclipse take place.As we know that moon revolves and rotate around the earth and earth revoles and rotate around the sun,sometimes the earth come between earth and sun while revolving around the sun and moon goes to back side of earth while rotating around the earth............


Does the moon rotate around the earth while the earth is orbiting around the sun?

Yep, you got it.


How long does it take the moon to rotate around the sun?

The moon rotates about the earth every 27.5 days. The earth in turn revolves around the sun in 365.25 days.


Does the moon rotate around earth?

No The moon roates around the earth. The earth rotates around the sun within the solar system.


Why is it that you can see the moon during daytime?

The moon takes about 28 days to rotate around the earth. And it takes 24 hours for the earth to rotate in the spot. At some point the moon is at the same side of the earth as the sun. and when the earth is facing the sun it is daytime. so when the moon is at the same side of the earth as the sun you can see it at daytime.


How many times does the moon rotate the around the earth during earth's one rotation around the sun?

First of all, the Earth revolves around the Sun, and in the time of one revolution, the moon makes about 12.5 revolutions around the earth.


What blocks the light from the sun in a solar eclipse?

THE MOON. AS EARTH ROTATE AROUND THE SUN, OUR MOON SLIGHTLY COMES IN FRONT OF THE SUN WHICH BLOCKS THE SUNLIGHT


How do moon changes?

The moon changes shape as the planets (in this case the planet would be Earth) rotate around the sun.


Does the moon and the sun rotate around the sun?

Neither. The Sun and the Moon both rotate around their own axis. See related questions.