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There are many rock objects that revolve around the sun, but I think you might be thinking of a comet.

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What do you call a metal object that revolves around the sun?

A satellite!


How does the way moon moves around earth compare to the way earth moves around the sun?

They are both satellites to an object which means that they are similar. The moon revolves around the earth, while it is also orbiting around the sun. There is really no difference, but the moon is a satellite that revolves around an object that is turning, and the earth is an object that only turns around the sun.


A rock that revolves around the Sun?

A rock that revolves around the Sun is called an asteroid. Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They can vary in size from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers across.


How is a moon different from a star?

Simply put, the sun, our sun, is a great big ball of burning gas. The moon on the other hand is a large cold lump of rock that is orbiting the earth. The moon revolves around the earth and the earth revolves around the sun. A moon is a hunk of rock and dust orbiting a planet. Planets orbit their star, which is a giant ball of gas and thermonuclear fire. A Sun is a huge object that fuses Hydrogen to make vast amounts of energy. The Moon is a ball of rock, much smaller in comparison.


What object revolves around a planet while the planets revolve around the sun?

A satellite revolves around a planet while it is revolving around around the sun (star). For example, moon (earth's natural satellite) revolves around earth while earth is revolving around the sun.

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What is the bright object in the sun that the earth revolves around?

The bright object the Earth revolves around IS the Sun.


If an object revolves around the sun on the same plane as the planets it is lying on what?

If an object revolves around the sun on the same plane as the planets, it is lying on an ecliptic.


What term means the path an object takes as it revolves around the sun?

The term for the path an object takes as it revolves around the sun is called an orbit.


What do you call a metal object that revolves around the sun?

A satellite!


What small rocky object that revolves around the sun?

asteroids


How does the way moon moves around earth compare to the way earth moves around the sun?

They are both satellites to an object which means that they are similar. The moon revolves around the earth, while it is also orbiting around the sun. There is really no difference, but the moon is a satellite that revolves around an object that is turning, and the earth is an object that only turns around the sun.


Which is an objec in space that revolves around the sun?

What? Your question doesn't make sense... do you want to know what object orbit the sun? If that's the question: Planets, dust, ice, rock, tons of stuff....


A rock that revolves around the Sun?

A rock that revolves around the Sun is called an asteroid. Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They can vary in size from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers across.


Why sun is not revolving around the any object in universe?

The sun, along with the rest of the solar system, revolves around the centre of our galaxy.


What do you call it when something goes around the sun?

This is an orbit. Sometimes, people say the object revolves around the sun, or it orbits the sun.


Can you give me information about rotateing and revolving?

Rotation is defined as the spinning of an object around its own axis and revolution is defined as the spinning of an object around another body.Examples: When a bicycle wheel is let go, it rotates. It does not spin around another body.The Earth revolves around the Sun. It is moving around another body (The Sun). Hence the Earth revolves around the Sun.


What was Copernicus' idea about the earth and the sun?

That the earth revolves around the sun, not that the sun revolves around the earth.