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Moons orbit planets Or rather moons and planets orbit their barycenter.
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What is it called when planets revolve around the earth?
Please kindly note planets revolve round the sun only.
How is the moon different from a planet?
the moons orbit the planet but the planets orbit the sunMoons revolve round planets. Planets revolve round suns.___________AlternateThe truth is that planets orbit round their moons, or more precisely a planet and its moon(s) orbit around their barycenter, the center of gravity of the planet-moon system. This is true for the earth, but this orbital motion of earth is less noticeable than the orbital motion of the smaller moon. I think the real difference between planets and their moons is relative size.
How is the revolution of the moon different from the revolution of planets?
The planets revolve around the sun. The moon revolves around Earth.
Why do planet revolve round the sun?
because sun is a star n planets revolve around the star not the other way round
Why does the earth revolve and the moon doesn't?
Moon also revolve. Earth revolve round the sun and moon revolve round the earth.
What is the Moon's period of revoulotion?
0(zero) because planets revolve around it not the moon
What planets does Mars revolve around?
Mars does not revolve around any planets, it is a planet in its own right. If it did, it would be called a moon. It orbits the sun directly.
Why does the moon revolve round the sun?
It does not. It revolves around the Earth.
Why do planets revolve around the sun if there is no friction or gravity?
The planets revolve around the sun because of the sun's gravitational pull. The larger the object is the more gravitational pull it has therefore the planets revolve around the sun and the moon revolves around the Earth.
What celestial body revolves around a planet?
A moon. Of course planets may have different numbers of moons - Mercury and Venus have no moons, the Earth has one, Mars has two, Jupiter has more than 60, etc.
Do moons revolve around other planets?
Yes. A moon (or natural satellite) do revolve around other planets besides Earth. The only two planets without moons revolving around them are Mercury and Venus.
What three thing that are the same about the moon and earth?
they are both planets and they revolve around the sun
