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How far away are they from each other and in relation to the Earth.&At what speed are they traveling through space.
Yes, the center of mass for the earth-sun orbit lies inside the sun. This is the barycenter, by the way. And because the sun is so massive relative to earth, the barycenter of earth's orbit about our local star is not that far from the center of the sun and is actually inside of it.
The moon orbits the earth at an average distance of 226,000 miles, while the earth orbits the sun at a distance of around 93,000,000 miles.
Depending on where Mercury is relative to the Earth as the two planets orbit the sun, the distance from Mercury to Earth varies from 77.3x106km and 221.9x106km.
It is the energy from the sun. Hope I can help :)
Rotation and revolution. i had this on a social studies test, too. i might be wrong, but that's what i put.
Rotation and revolution. i had this on a social studies test, too. i might be wrong, but that's what i put.
There are two principle motions of the Earth. The earth rotates around on its axis. The earth is also known to revolve around the sun.
Earth revolves around the sun and rotates on its axis.
The two motions that Earth makes are rotations and revolutions.
Rotation- the spinning of earth about its axis Revolution- movement of earth in its orbit around the sun :)
The Earth is in orbit round the Sun, but also the Sun is moving round the centre of our galaxy, and of course we follow along.
There are more than two motions but the basic ones are:Revolutions Known as days that are very close to 24 hours in lengthOrbits of the sun that take close to 365.25 days
The two motions of Earth are ;- Daily (24 hours) axial rotation. Annual (1 year) orbital (revolution) about the Sun. NB There are several other known movements of the Earth. they are ;- The angle of the Earth's axis varies between 28 degrees to 21 degrees. Currently at 23 degrees. The Earth's orbit about the Sun is an ellipsoid, that is an ellips that doesn't quite close up with each orbit, but slightly overlaps. This elliptical movement varies between nearly circular to a narrow ellipse. The Earth speeds up an slows down through space, because the Sun lies at one of the foci of the ellipse , NOT the centre. As a consequence, when nearer the Sun we moive faster, and when further away we move slower. Because of the Moon , the Earth 'wobbles' in and out of its orbital track. Summing , we can say that the Earth 'dances' through space, with the Sun and Moon as partners.
Rotation about its axis gives day and night. Orbiting the sun gives us the year.
The sun is usually the closest to the earth in winter. When the sun is the closest to the sun is summer, and two other motions of the earth are in a certain position, the earth is in an ice age. The next time that alignment will happen is in 200,000 years. Still, if it were not for global warming, the earth would be in a cooling off period.
How far away are they from each other and in relation to the Earth.&At what speed are they traveling through space.