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Where did the Solar System get its name?
Well, "solar" means sun, so that would make it kind of like a "sun" system instead of a "solar" system. Since the planets all revolve around the sun, it makes some kind of a system in which each planet has its own orbit and axis.
Do you move around the Galaxy or does the Galaxy move around us?
none of those. milky way is a part of the galaxy and our solar system is a part of it. in this solar system the planets revolve around the sun and rotate on thier own axis
The sun and all the objects that orbit is called?
They make up the Solar System or the Sun's family.
Do the planets rotate around the sun?
Yes, all of the planets rotate around the sun, in the same direction but at different speeds and time periods. well planets rotate on their own axis, the correct term would be revolve. The planets revolve around the sun
What is the axis plane of the solar system compared to the axis plane of the galaxy?
The axis plane of the solar system is tilted by about 60 degrees relative to the average plane of the Milky Way galaxy. This means that the solar system is not perfectly aligned with the flat disk of the galaxy but is slightly inclined.
Does the sun revolve around its axis?
Yes it does. It takes 25.05 earth days to revolve on its axis once.
How long is one day on Ganymede?
Jupiter's Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system. It takes exactly the same amount of time to rotate on its axis as it does to revolve around Jupiter, which is a little over 7 days.
Do all eight planets have an axis?
Yes, all 8 planets along with planetesimals like Pluto revolve around and axis.
What causes the sun to rotate and revolve?
The sun's rotation on its own axis and revolution of our solar system around the center of the Milky Way galaxy are the result of the initial process of the formation of the solar system and galaxy. When matter accumulated together it spiralled into the most massive gravitational well around. This applies to planets, stars and galaxies.
Does earth revolve on its axis?
Earth does not revolve on it's axis. Well maybe, but an axis is an imaginary line that goes through a body form pole to pole.
What characteristics do all of the planets in our olar system share?
They all do have gravity, an axis, and all revolve around the sun.
The word--------------- means to spin around like a top?
rotate - to revolve round a centre or axis
