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Copernicus was the first astronomer to come up with the idea of heliocentric cosmology (planets orbit the sun).
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Does the sun travel around the planets or do the planets travel around the sun?
The planets travel around the sun.
Why do the planets circle the sun?
gravitational force
What shape do planets trace as they orbit around the sun?
Planets orbit the sun in the shape of an ellipse, which is an elongated circle similar to an oval. When it was first discovered that the Sun is the center of the solar system, it was thought that all the planets had a circular orbit, but the calculations didn't fit.
What is aphehilion?
The apehelion is the point in a planet's revolution around the sun where said planet is at its furthest distance from the sun. This happens because the route of planets around the sun is an elipse, rather than a circle.
How Do Planets Travel Around The Sun?
the planets go around in circles around the sun
How does planets circle around the Sun?
Planets circle in an elliptical orbit around the Sun.
Who believed that the sun and the planets circle around the sun?
me !
The earth and all the planets does what around the sun?
Circle around the sun some say the sun circles the planets but it does not
Which of these terms means a complete circle around the sun?
The planets revolve around the sun. The planets rotate on their own axis.
The sun and all of the bodies that circle around it including planets and moons make up the?
The sun and all of the bodies that circle around it including planets and moons make up the solar system.
Who put the idea that the earth and the planets circle around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
How many times do the sun circle the planet?
none the sun doesnt circle the planet planets circle the sun!!!
Does the sun travel around the planets or do the planets travel around the sun?
The planets travel around the sun.
How do planets revolve around the sun in the same oval or circle shape every year?
Gravity from the sun pulls the planets near it and away from it ad away foer it
What shape does the planets make when they circle the sun?
The planets do not circle the sun in any specific shape. Their orbits around the sun are more elliptical than circular, and each planet has its own unique elliptical orbit.
Do moon orbits or circles the sun?
Moons orbit around its planet while the planets orbit the Sun, therefore moons circle the Sun.
How are planets different from moon?
Planets circle the sun Moons cirle planets.
