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the earths shape, the earths size, the earths position, and a few other things.
Short answer: the Sun is dragging the Earth toward itself, but the Earth's speed causes it to fall around the Sun in an orbit instead.
The Sun's gravitational pull is dragging the Earth (and all the other planets) toward itself. The Earth is moving, and it's speed and direction prevent it from falling closer toward the Sun; instead, it falls around the Sun in an orbit, much like a Basketball rolling around the rim of a basket. It works something like this: If the Sun's gravity were suddenly gone, the Earth would move in a (more or less) straight line at a right angle to the direction of the Sun. Because the Sun's gravity is pulling on the Earth, it bends the Earth's velocity vector (direction of movement) in toward the Sun, in the same way a ball thrown straight and level will start to curve toward the ground. As the Earth keeps moving at right angles to the Sun, the Sun's gravity continues to bend the direction of the Earth's movement around itself. The The Earth's speed is such that it continues to fall around the Sun in a (more or less) stable, continuing orbit, like a ball being spun at the end of a string.
What else can I help you with?
How many days is it from the earth to the sun?
If you could travel from Earth to the Sun without stopping at a speed of 1000 kilometers per hour, then it would take you 17 years!
What will happen to earth when your sun burns out?
Earth will move away from its orbit.Planet will become dark.Life will be lost eventually with stopping of photosynthesis.Planets will collide as moving.these are few.
When the moon passes directly between the sun and earth causing a shadow over part of earth?
If I understand the question as it is written, you are asking what it is called when the moon is between the sun and Earth. That would be called a 'solar eclipse.' If you have the sun blocked by the Earth stopping the moon from getting light it would be a 'lunar eclipse.'
Do Does the sun shin at night?
The Sun shines all the time, 24/7 without ever stopping. We have night when the Earth's rotation takes us on to the opposite side to the Sun, where we can't see it.
How can the sun keep lighting without stopping?
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Are you moving around the sun or it is the sun that moves around the planets?
The planets are considered moving around the sun, even though the sun moves too (in tiny circles opposite the planets' motions). The planets are circling the sun. The sun (dragging the planets along with it) is circling our galaxy's center. Our galaxy (dragging the sun, the planets, and all the other stars) is moving through the universe as well.
How do you protect our world from seasonal changes?
Unless you can stop the earth spinning around the sun or if daylight changes, rotation stopping, both of which are impossible, they are the only ways to do it.
What unusual request did Joshua ask of God?
Joshua asked God to cause the sun and the moon to stand still (in the language of appearance). This was achieved by stopping the earth's rotation.
Does the sun orbit Earth?
No, the sun does not orbit Earth. Earth orbits around the sun.
If something stops stopping has it stopped?
In scientific terms, no. Being on a planet, you are moving in three ways. You are moving in your own physical way (walking, running, etc.), being spun around by the Earth's rotation, and lastly revolving around the sun. Since the Earth is constantly moving with or without you even noticing the result is youare also moving consistantly. Improved Answer: When you stop stopping, you are now going, but you have stopped because you have stopped stopping. Stop stopped stopping stop stopper stops. That word confuses your mind after awhile.
Why does the moon move in in orbit around the earth?
The moon is trapped in the gravitational pull of the earth. The earth and the moon are trapped in the gravitational pull of the sun. It is like whirling a small weight attached to a length of string round your head. The only thing stopping the weight to fly off (into space) is the string - which is the same force of gravitational pull we experience from our orbit round the sun.
What is the third planet from the Sun is .?
Earth is the third planet from the sun.
