What progresses across the sky very slowly?

Answer 1

Well what i think is that it moves because of earths rotation! so what do u think?Certainly not, it is the wind. The earth's rotation has no effect because the atmosphere is part of that rotation, if they moved because of the earths rotation then firstly, all clouds would move the same way, and secondly, planes wouldn't be able to take you where you want them to go.

Answer 2

It certainly appears to do that . . . just like the sun and all the stars do. The main reason
for the apparent motion is the fact that the Earth is turning and carrying you along with it,
so the direction you need to look in order to see any object keeps changing. You don't feel
the spinning, so your brain interprets the changing positions of things in the sky as if they're
the ones doing the moving.

Answer 3

The Moon is one celestial object that progresses across the sky very slowly. It moves relative to the background stars and planets, taking approximately 27.3 days to complete one orbit around the Earth. As a result, it appears to change its position in the night sky gradually.

Answer 4

The apparent movement of the stars, planets, and Moon across the sky is actually the result of the Earth revolving on its axis, like a top. Also, the path of the Earth around the sun causes the section of the stars that's visible to vary, moving up or down in relation to the horizon as the Earth move around the Sun. This is why, for example, the constellations you see in the winter in, say, the Northern Hemisphere, like Orion, are not nearly as prominent in the summer time, when the Northern Hemisphere is "pointed" at a different section of sky. Think of a crooked top, spinning around, and also going around in a big circle. if you stand in one spot and watch it, the "top half" of the top will be pointed right at you at some point in the big circle, and at the exact opposite part of the cirle, will be pointed away from you.

Answer 5

When you ride a merry-go-round, the ride is spinning - but from your perspective on the carousel, it looks like the WORLD is spinning and you are staying still. In this case, it _IS_ the world that is spinning, while the Sun stays (relatively) still. But because we're spinning along with the world, it appears as if the Sun, Moon and stars are rising and setting.

But it is really the world turning.

Answer 6

The earth turns eastward, causing your eyes to turn with it. So if you want to keep on

watching the same star, you have to turn your eyes slowly westward, which gives you

the impression that the stars are turning westward.

Answer 7

No, the earth doesn't appear to move across the sky. Rather, the sky appears to move above the earth. The sky really doesn't do this, however. It is the rotation of the earth that makes the sun, the moon and all heavenly bodies appear to move across the sky above an observer.

Answer 8

The sky doesn't move. The Clouds do because of the wind, and our planet does. But it doesn't.

The reason why it appears so though, is becasue of the earths rotation. We spin 360 degrees in 24hours showing us different parts of the sky every hour, every minute even. Then at night, because 'at night' is when your part of the earth is not facing the sun,, it is dark out.

Answer 9

moon and stars seem to move in the sky...but they ae ot actually moving .....moon and stars are the fxed bodies....it is earth that is continusly rotating and hence we see thing around earth moving...

Answer 10

Because you are sitting on the earth, and the earth is turning.

So your eyes are constantly turning, and in order to keep looking at one star, you have to

keep turning your head in the opposite direction.

Since you don't feel the earth turning, the whole operation gives you the impression that

the sky is turning.

The stars don't "move across the sky". The earth rotates around the sun and spins on its own axis, which is tilted. This is why the sun also sets and rises.