No. The moon orbits the Earth which orbits the Sun.
687 earth days
29.5 Earth years.
Attach a suzan bearing to it :)
365 1/4 days
the earth takes 365 1/4 days to orbit the sun . :)
The earth's orbit, like almost all orbits of heavenly bodies, is an ellipse.
Yes. That and the the fact that the earth revolves around the sun. Those two things. If the earth was not tilted with respect to its obit, there would be no seasonal change.
Satellite
There is no 'phrase' or mnemonic for this because the order of the Sun, Earth and Moon changes as the Moon orbits the Earth. Remember - planets obit a star (the Sun is a star) - Earth is a planet moons orbit planets - The Moon is a moon.
witch planet is the closer and the less to obit the sun
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