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Why do earth rotate from west to east and the sun and stars rotate east to west?
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∙ 14y ago
Well, if you think about it, one is a consequence of the other. If you lie down on the ground and rotate (roll) west to east, everything around you that isn't moving will appear to you to rotate east to west (left to right if your head is pointing north).
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What does the earth rotate on from east to west?
axis
What way does Hercules move across the sky?
All stars (and constellations) move from east to west, due to Earth's rotation (which is from west to east).All stars (and constellations) move from east to west, due to Earth's rotation (which is from west to east).All stars (and constellations) move from east to west, due to Earth's rotation (which is from west to east).All stars (and constellations) move from east to west, due to Earth's rotation (which is from west to east).
Do stars in the night sky appear to move eats to west or west to east?
They always rise in the east and set in the west, because the Earth's daily rotation goes west to east. That is, they appear to rotate anticlockwise around the Pole Star. Stars under the Pole Star move from left to right, west to east.
What direction does planet earth rotate?
west to east
What planet rotates east to west?
Uranus and Venus rotate east to west.
What rotates from east to west?
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune are the only planets which rotate from west to east
Which way does the earth rotate toward the east or toward west?
from west to eats
Which way does the earth rotate toward the east or toward the west?
from west to eats
How often does the earth rotate from west to east?
The Earth ALWAYS rotates from west to east, and completes one rotation in about 24 hours.
What planet rotates from west to east?
Venus & Uranus rotate in what is called retrograde motion. Retrograde motion is from east to west. All of the other planets including earth rotate from west to east.
If the earth didn't rotate would the moon rise in the east or west?
the usual
Do stars move from east to west?
stars do not move at all. what you are seeing is the earths rotation. The stars seem to set with the sun and the moon because weare turning. (earth's axis)
