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The planets do not orbit the Earth, they orbit the sun.
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What planets are inside of Earth's orbit?
You cannot have planets orbiting planets. Planets orbit suns. Only satellites orbit planets. In the case of planet Earth, the moon is the only natural satellite.
What planets are there in orbit between the earth and the sun?
The planets that orbit between the Earth and the Sun are Mercury and Venus.
Which two planets orbit the sun not the earth?
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun, not the Earth.Mercury and Venus orbit between the Sun and the Earth's orbit.
Are all the planets orbiting Earth?
No, all the planets, including the Earth, orbit the Sun.
Does any planet cross the earth's orbit?
There are no planets that cross the earth's orbit. Pluto (dwarf, or minor planet) and Neptune are the only planets whose orbits cross. However there are over 100 asteroids (minor planets) that cross the earth's orbit.
What planets orbit between the sun and earth?
Mercury and Venus orbit between the Sun and Earth.
What planets outside the Earth's orbit exhibit retrograde motion?
All of them, when the Earth overtakes them in its orbit.
In a geocentric theory which body do the other planets orbit?
The other planets - and all other bodies - orbit the earth.
What do planets do when they orbit the earth?
There are no planets orbiting the Earth because all eight of them orbit the Sun. But the Moon orbits the Earth, and all it does is go round and round in a rather complicated orbit which is disturbed by the Sun's gravity.
Do all the planets orbit around the earth or sun?
Only 3 planets actually orbit the earth while the rest orbit around the sun. the three are mars venus and uranus.
Is it true that an object launched into space must circle the earth as the moon does?
Not true. An object can fall back to earth, orbit (circle) the earth, or- if moving fast enough, leave the orbit of the earth and go elsewhere. We have sent probes to other planets- they are not circling the earth.
Does all the planets revolve around the earth?
No. All planets orbit the Sun.
