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Do stars move from east to west?

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stars do not move at all. what you are seeing is the earths rotation. The stars seem to set with the sun and the moon because weare turning. (earth's axis)

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12y ago

no, it just seems like they are moving because you are moving to.

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15y ago

The moon moves west to east in a month and east to west in one night.

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14y ago

The stars do not actually move relative to the Earth, the earth spins on its axis. The stars appear to move,but it is actually us that is moving.

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Stars are stationary, they appear to be moving from east to west because of the rotation of earth on its axis form west to east.

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13y ago

Very few planets do, but yes some planets move from east to west.

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11y ago

All stars that we see appear to move from east to west ... an illusion

caused by the Earth's rotation. None move from west to east.

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