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The Earth turns anticlockwise (counterclockwise in USA), moving from the West towards the East.
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Will earth go the same direction?
yes it rotates on an axis and 'always' in the same direction.
Why does the sun go down?
When the earth is spinning the sun stays in one direction. The earth is on its axis and that makes it on a tilt. So the sun would be hitting one direction and the other direction would be dark.
Do Mars and Mercury go around the Earth?
No, Mars and Mercury go around (orbit) the sun. The two planets appear to orbit Earth, but it's a result of the Earth rotating on its axis.
What causes the circumpolar stars to appear to move around polaris?
The apparent daily movement of the stars in the sky is a reflection of Earth's rotation. Earth rotates around its axis; as a reflection of this, the entire sky rotates around an "axis", which is simply the extension of Earth's axis. By chance, the star Polaris is almost exactly on the line of the Earth's axis, extended into space. So, as the Earth rotates the stars appear to rotate around Polaris. Circumpolar stars never go below the observer's horizon, so they just seem to go in circles around Polaris.
How is the axis of the earth useful in locating places on the globe?
The axis of the earth is useful in locating places on the globe because people use the axis as a starting point. The axis is the starting point to go north or south, any direction on the globe and be able to use coordinates to pinpoint an exact concise location.
How long dos it to go around the earth?
While the earth is rotating on its axis, it takes 23.56 hours for day and night to occurr.
How many days exact for the moon go around the earth?
It takes 27.3 days for the Moon to revolve around the Earth, and the same amount of time to rotate on its axis.
What causes one earth year?
the rotation of Earth on its axis when it comes around to thoreau and go over dere to da rez vibrators
What vaiable goes on the y axis and what direction does it go in?
Y is the response variable and it goes on the vertical axis.
How many houres does it take for the earth to go around the sun?
The Sun does not go around the Earth. The Earth goes around the Sun. it does this in about 365.25 days. The illusion that the Sun goes around the Earth is caused by the fact that the Earth rotates on its own axis every 24 hours, making it seem as if the Sun travels across the sky.
What make the sun come and go down?
The Sun doesn't really go up and down. This is an APPARENT movement, caused by Earth's rotation around its axis.
How long does it take mercury to spin around its axis and how many earth days is that?
A Mercurian "day" the (time it takes it go spin once on it's axis) is equal to 58.65 earth days. Mercury turns on it's axis very, very slowly.
