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The verb, for "to move in an orbit", is also "orbit". For example: "The Earth orbits the Sun."
The verb, for "to move in an orbit", is also "orbit". For example: "The Earth orbits the Sun."
The verb, for "to move in an orbit", is also "orbit". For example: "The Earth orbits the Sun."
The verb, for "to move in an orbit", is also "orbit". For example: "The Earth orbits the Sun."
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 15y agoSometimes we confuse the terms revolve, rotate, and orbit. They have specific meanings in astronomy. Revolve usually means to orbit around. The earth revolves around the sun, and completes one revolution in one year. So an orbitdescribes how a planet revolves around its sun. The turning of a planet on its axis is called rotation. The earth's rotation causes night and day. Orbit means the path or trajectory of a revolving body around another - a moon about a planet or that planet about the sun. To rotate means to spin around on an axis, like a top. You may find instances where 'revolve' is used to describe axial rotation, but in most cases the reference is made clear, as in "the earth revolves about its axis once per day". From the WikiPedia article on "Planets": "All planets revolve around stars. In the Solar System, all the planets orbit in the same direction as the Sun rotates. It is not yet known whether all extrasolar planets follow this pattern. The period of one revolution of a planet's orbit is known as its sidereal period or year."
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∙ 11y agoTo move in an orbit or circle something is to revolve.
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∙ 9y agoThe corresponding verb is also "to orbit". Alternatively, you could say "to revolve".
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∙ 14y agoTo revolve around that stated thing (such as the sun).
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∙ 11y agoRotate: an object turns around its own axis.
Revolve: an object moves around another object.
Orbit: as a verb, basically the same as "revolve".
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∙ 11y agoThe verb, for "to move in an orbit", is also "orbit". For example: "The Earth orbits the Sun."
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∙ 13y agoAn orbit is a form of pendulum motion.
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∙ 13y agoThe verb for that action is orbit.
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∙ 13y agoThe verb is also "orbit".
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What do you call a path that the planet follows to obit around the sun?
The path that the planet follows is simply called the orbit. Orbit can mean 'to revolve around the sun' or it can be referred to as the path itself, e.g. 'Earth is following its orbit.'
When a celestial body moves in an orbit around another celestial body?
Its means that if there is a planet, for example: Earth, The Earth is surrounded by the moon....so its actually means that a planet is surrounded by something else/A Planet
Is revolve and revolution the same thing?
No, but the two are related. An orbit is the path taken by a planet around a star (or by a satellite around a planet). A revolution is the amount of time it takes said planet or satellite to complete that orbit once. Think of revolution as time, and orbit as place.
What words mean to move in a circle around something?
To move in a circle around something is called revolving. To move around the same point is called rotation. To move around another stationary object is called orbiting. The earth rotates on its own axis while also orbiting around the sun.
What is The orbit of a planet around the sun is a(n)?
If you mean the shape of the orbit, that's an ellipse.
Do orbit and revolve mean mean the same thing?
Yes and no. To revolve can also mean to rotate, to spin on a central axis contained within the object, like a revolving door. To orbit is to circle around a central point without touching it. That is sometimes called revolving also.
What do you call a path that the planet follows to obit around the sun?
The path that the planet follows is simply called the orbit. Orbit can mean 'to revolve around the sun' or it can be referred to as the path itself, e.g. 'Earth is following its orbit.'
What is the name of the circle that the planets go around?
If you mean the trajectory of the planets around their parent stars, it is called the orbit, and it is not a circle but an ellipse
When a celestial body moves in an orbit around another celestial body?
Its means that if there is a planet, for example: Earth, The Earth is surrounded by the moon....so its actually means that a planet is surrounded by something else/A Planet
Is revolve and revolution the same thing?
No, but the two are related. An orbit is the path taken by a planet around a star (or by a satellite around a planet). A revolution is the amount of time it takes said planet or satellite to complete that orbit once. Think of revolution as time, and orbit as place.
Does the moon revolve on a axis?
Yes - the mean inclination of the lunar orbit to the ecliptic plane is 5.145°.
Is the orbit of the earth the same as the revolution of the earth?
Yes, "orbit" and "revolve around" mean the same thing. Not "rotate" though; that means "spin". The easy way to remember: Earth ROTATES on its axis (spins around) but REVOLVES around the Sun (while its rotating, of course.)
What does the circuit mean?
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
What does a plainets solor year mean?
A solar year is the amount of time that it takes for a planet to orbit around its sun in a full circle.
What does the word circuit mean?
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
What does word circuit mean?
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
What word beginning with re mean to turn around like a wheel?
The word is "revolve."
