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-- The Earth and the Moon both orbit their common center of mass ... the point
where the pivot would have to be if the Earth and the Moon were on opposite ends
of a see-saw. The Earth has about 80 times as much mass as the Moon has, so that
point is actually inside the Earth.
-- At the same time, the Sun and the Earth/Moon center of mass both orbit their
common center of mass ... the point where the pivot would have to be if the Sun
and the Earth/Moon common center of mass were on opposite ends of a see-saw.
The Sun has more than a million times as much mass as the Earth/Moon has, so
that point is actually inside the Sun.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe moon orbits around the Earth.Along with same it orbits around the Sun.And in turn along with the whole solar system it orbits around the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Is a planet a moon?
No. A moon orbits around a planet. A planet orbits around the sun.
How is the earth and moon orbit different?
The Earth orbits around the Sun, while the moon orbits around the Earth.
Titan is a moon that orbits around-?
Titan is a moon the orbits around Saturn. This is a planet.
Does the moon orbit around a planet?
No, it orbits you. Of course! The moon orbits EARTH, our planet.
What is Earths sun?
Moon orbits around earth, which orbits around the sun.
Can the moon orbit around the sun?
The moon does orbit the Sun. Locked in orbit around the Earth, as the Earth orbits the Sun, the moon orbits the Sun.
Does the moon orbits or circles the sun?
The Moon orbits the Sun. The gravitation of the Earth will provide slight disturbances to the Moon's orbit around the Sun, but mainly, the Moon moves around the Sun.The Moon orbits the Sun. The gravitation of the Earth will provide slight disturbances to the Moon's orbit around the Sun, but mainly, the Moon moves around the Sun.The Moon orbits the Sun. The gravitation of the Earth will provide slight disturbances to the Moon's orbit around the Sun, but mainly, the Moon moves around the Sun.The Moon orbits the Sun. The gravitation of the Earth will provide slight disturbances to the Moon's orbit around the Sun, but mainly, the Moon moves around the Sun.
Does the moon have one or two orbits?
Technically an orbit is defined as a circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.So the Moon has one orbit.However, the Moon orbits around the Earth, and the Earth orbits around the Sun. The Sun orbits around the galactic core of the Milky Way. The Milky Way orbits around.... well we don't know, if it orbits anything.
What does the moon have?
the sun stays still the earth ROTATES and orbits while the earth ORBITS on its AXIS it turns around till it is dark and the moon orbits around the earth.
When the moon rotates around the sun what happens to the moon?
The Moon does not orbit the Sun; it orbits the Earth. The Earth orbits the Sun.
How long does the moon take to orbit around the sun once?
The Earth's Moon orbits around Earth once in a Month and the Earth orbits around the Sun once in a year, so the Moon orbits around the Sun once in a year too.
Dose the moon and the earth orbit around the sun?
The Moon orbits the Earth, the Earth orbits the Sun
