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The easiest way to explain it is gravitational pull. Earth is not large enough to hold the sun in an orbit around it.

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How many objects in the solar system revolve around earth?

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Why does revolve around the sun?

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How many days in 19 lunar years?

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What is the name for the sun all of the planets and the comets etc that revolve around it?

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