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Q: What is earth relative motion in the solar system?
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What do we mean when we say that motion is relative?

When considering how 'fast' something is moving on earth, you ignore the fact that the earth itself is rotating, that the earth is orbiting the sun, and that the solar system itself is moving through the universe. All you care about is the relative motion between the object, and the earth itself, or another object perhaps.


Is the earth a giant planet?

The Earth is a planet if that is what you are asking. It is a planet in our solar system. However compared to the the relative size of other planets in the solar system earth is quite an average size.


Which planet in the solar system shows signs of tectonic plate motion?

Earth


Which planet in the solar system has the largest satellite?

Jupiter. It has the largest moon in the solar system called Ganymede. The earth has the largest moon relative to its size though.


How far does Earth travel in three minutes?

It depends on your frame of reference. The earth travels around the sun, the sun travels around the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, taking the earth and the rest of the Solar System with it. The Milky Way travels around the centre of the local cluster taking the sun and the Solar System along with it. And so on. So what do you measure motion relative to?


Which of the following is the best reference point to describe the motion of the planets in our solar system A a space ship in orbit about earth B the centre of the Milky Way C earth D the sun?

D. The sun. All planets in our solar system orbit the sun thus it is the best reference when describing the motion of the planets within that solar system.


Which objects motion causes eclipses of the sun?

The solar eclipse occurs when the moon is in between the sun and earth . So because the sun is the center of the solar system and is not supposed to move in it the earth and moon's movement causes the eclipse


What is earth in the solar system?

Earth is a planet in the solar system


Compare the moon of the different planets in the solar system?

well, earth has the largest moon relative to the planet it orbits


How long from earth to the solar system?

earth locates in the solar system


What kind of solar system is earth?

Earth is a planet, not a solar system.


Is Earth in the solar system?

yes the earth is part of solar system