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Why do planets move across the night sky but stars don't?
The planets are closer. (They all move - and differently.)
How are planets distinguished from stars on the celestial?
planets appear to move
Which scientist stated that planets move around the Sun in an ellipse?
Johannes Kepler was the first to state that planets move in elliptical orbits.
Who invented the movement of planets around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What is the name for the movement of the planets as they spin on their axis?
It is called rotation.
In what type of orbits do planets move around the sun?
elliptical
Why do planets move across the night sky but stars don't?
The planets are closer. (They all move - and differently.)
Compared to the background of constellations planets?
Compared to the background of constellations, planets mostly move eastward. Retrograde motion refers to the brief periods of westward movement.
Does movement always mean something is alive?
Yes It Does Apart From Snakes And Ben Kitchensno - planets move, the wind moves, land and water move, even mountains move.
Why do planets wander?
The ancient Greeks called planets 'wanderers' because they appear to move through ther skies in relation to the 'fixed' stars. The apparent movement is because the planets are much closer to the Earth than the stars, and all planets rotate around the Sun, thus all move in relation to each other.
What type of angular movement is Straightens the knees to move from squatting position to a standing position?
extension movement
Plates may move because of this type of movement in the mantle?
mantle
How is Newton's law of gravity related to the movement of the planets?
How is Newton's law of gravity related to the movement of the planets?
WHich of these is a type of mass movement in which materials move like a river?
Mudflow. Apex
Only type of fungas that can move?
The zoospores of the Chytrid fungi are capable of movement in water.
How do planets move and what keeps them in place?
Planets move away by gravity not holding it together and also gravity holds planets together
What was ptolemys explanation for why the planets seemed to move at different speeds?
The planets move on little circles that move on bigger circles.
