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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.
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Does the moon orbits around the earth or the earth orbits around the moon?
the moon orbits the earth :)
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.
What is sun-earth-moon system?
Moon orbits around earth, which orbits around the sun.
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.
Where did the moon go?
The moon orbits around the Earth ._.
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.
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.
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.
What does the moon travel around?
it orbits around the earth
