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The moon does orbit the sun. The moon orbits round the earth, while both earth and the moon orbits round the sun.

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The path earth travels around the sun is called?

The path Earth travels around the sun is called an orbit. This orbit is elliptical in shape, meaning it is not a perfect circle but is slightly elongated. Earth takes 365.25 days to complete one orbit around the sun.


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What is a similar word to orbit?

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How much time does it take for Jupiter to orbit earth?

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Why does the moon not fly off into space?

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Why the earth and all planet around the sun?

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