# Mercury # Venus # Earth
Two, Mercury and Venus.2, mercury and venus
The planets orbit around the sun
Planets are kept in their orbit by the suns gravity, yet their momentum keeps them from falling into the sun. (Thank goodness!) Planets orbit in the direction their star rotates, so in our solar system, all planets orbit in the direction of the star.
No. All planets orbit the Sun.
Mercury and Venus orbit between the Sun and Earth.
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun, not the Earth.Mercury and Venus orbit between the Sun and the Earth's orbit.
The planets do not orbit the Earth, they orbit the sun.
Two; Mercury and Venus
# Mercury # Venus # Earth
Two, Mercury and Venus.2, mercury and venus
Between the Earth and the Sun are the major planets Mercury and Venus, innumerable smaller asteroids, and for part of each orbit, the Moon.
The planets orbit around the sun
NO. They orbit counterclockwise (anticlockwise) when viewed from above the Earth's north pole, which is the usual convention. (Mercury and Venus are called the "inferior planets" because their orbits are between the Sun and the Earth.)
Extra solar (or Exo) planets are planets that do not orbit the Sun. Planets in our solar system orbit the Sun.
No, all the planets, including the Earth, orbit the Sun.
Only 3 planets actually orbit the earth while the rest orbit around the sun. the three are mars venus and uranus.