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Do the sun moon and stars appear to rise in the east and set in the west because of the rotation of the moon?
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No, it is due to the rotation of the Earth.
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Do stars appear in east and set in west?
Yes, due to the rotation of the Earth.
Do stars move from east to west?
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)
Why does it appear that the sun moves from east to west?
Earth's rotation creates a sense of the sun's movement
If the earth rotates from the west to the east why do the sun and stars move from east towards the west?
They are not actually, moving, they just appear to be moving because we are. Consider that if you are on a train moving forward, objects that you pass by appear to move toward the read of the train.
Do all stars in sky move explain?
Yes, they do. They revolve around the galactic center.
Do stars appear in east and set in west?
Yes, due to the rotation of the Earth.
Do stars move from east to west?
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)
Do stars in the night sky appear to move eats to west or west to east?
They always rise in the east and set in the west, because the Earth's daily rotation goes west to east. That is, they appear to rotate anticlockwise around the Pole Star. Stars under the Pole Star move from left to right, west to east.
Why Stars seem to move from west to east?
because of the rotation of the earth from west to east on its own axis otherwise stars are stationary and doesn't move .
What way does Hercules move across the sky?
All stars (and constellations) move from east to west, due to Earth's rotation (which is from west to east).All stars (and constellations) move from east to west, due to Earth's rotation (which is from west to east).All stars (and constellations) move from east to west, due to Earth's rotation (which is from west to east).All stars (and constellations) move from east to west, due to Earth's rotation (which is from west to east).
Is the stars like the sun rises east and sets west?
Yes. It is because of the rotation of the earth.
Do the stars rise in the sky from the east?
Earth rotates toward the east, so all stars appear to rise in the east.
Which star do not appear to move from east to west?
During roughly half of the time, 'circumpolar' stars don't appear to move from east to west. Which ones those are depends on your latitude. All other stars all the time, and circumpolar stars for the other half of the time, do appear to move from east to west.
Why does the sun rise in the east and sets in the west?
It is not the Sun that Is moving across the sky, although it does look like it. No it is because Earth's rotation causing it to look as if the Sun was moving and not us. Our planets rotation makes it look as if the sun rises in the east, because we have a rotation of west to east, which causes it that appearance.
How do planets move in relation to stars?
They mostly appear to move from east to west but there are epicycles during wich they appear to move from west to east.
Can a person determine the direction of earth's rotation by the paths that stars take across the sky?
Yes, the stars rise in the east and set in the west, which means that the Earth rotates from west to east.
Why does it appear that the sun moves from east to west?
Earth's rotation creates a sense of the sun's movement
