Probably the Sun, but most scientists believe that the planets formed pretty quickly after that; the math doesn't seem to allow much time between the Sun igniting and the planets starting to form.
It was probably a fairly chaotic time; the chances are that there were dozens, perhaps HUNDREDS of small planetoids that then merged by repeated collisions. In fact, we're fairly sure that the Earth came to be as it is and the Moon formed when the pre-Earth collided with another smaller planet perhaps as large as Mars. The debris blasted into space then collected in orbit to form the Moon.
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∙ 14y agoORIGINAL ANSWER:
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Both the Sun and the Earth were created by the big bang, so therefore neither existed before the other. They were created simultaneously. Hope this helps.
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∙ 13y agoThe Earth is younger than the Sun. The Sun formed about 4.57 billion years ago, whereas the Earth was formed about 4.54 billion years ago.
The Earth could only form after the Sun, because it was the Suns gravitational influence, that allowed the rocky bodies to coalesce.
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∙ 15y agoCopernicus But he didn't exactly 'declare' it too loudly as we can never do that with things that prove the old ruling paradigms wrong. Even when Galileo declared it rather later he ended his days in house arrest by the Vatican!
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∙ 14y agoThe Earth rotates on its axis once each day. It is, in fact, the rotation of the Earth that creates a "day".
However, due to the revolution of the planet around the Sun the a day can be taken to mean in reference to the sun or in reference to stars. The difference is accounted for by noticing the difference between a sidereal day and a solar day. A sidereal day is the time it takes for the Earth to spin once in reference to the vernal equinox rather than in reference to the sun. Over the course of a year the difference between the sidereal days and solar days adds up to a day as the revolution of the Earth around the sun masks one entire rotation of the axis.
BUT the moon takes 24 hours to spin once on its axis and the earth spins Anticlockwise SO its is the earth that moves.
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∙ 14y agoThe Sun is older but not by much.
The Sun was formed about 4.57 billion years whereas the Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago
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∙ 14y agoThe earliest known reference to the Earth orbiting the Sun rather than the Sun going around the Earth was from Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek astronomer and mathematician about 2400 years ago.
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Actually, the earth passes its perihelion, the point in its orbit at which it is closest to the sun, in early January. Although the total amount of the sun's energy that is reaching the earth decreases as the earth's distance from the sun increases, that difference is insignificant compared to the effect of the angle at which the sun's rays are contacting the various parts of the earth.
The Sun Also Rises
The earth moves most rapidly in its orbit around the sun at perihelion, when it is closest to the sun. That occurs some time during the first few days of January.
No. (But if you like that idea, go read Terry Pratchett.)
How the earth and sun came to be
In milliions of years the sun will expand and will engulf the first few planets - including Earth.
The Earth formed first, followed by the Sun. The Moon was likely created shortly after the Earth from the debris leftover from a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object.
Earth is third from the Sun .
The earth would be attracted by the sun, and as it came closer the sun, the earth would melt. The earth would probably collide with the sun before or after it would melt.
Stars came first before the sun. Stars formed billions of years before the sun did as part of the process of galaxy formation. The sun is a relatively young star compared to many others in the universe.
If the earth did not revolve around the sun, there would not be any seasons. The problem is that if the earth did not revolve around the sun, that is, if it came to a stop in its orbit, the sun's gravity (with just the tiniest help from the earth's) would pull the earth into the sun.
Yes, Earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system, not the first. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus.
The sun produces natural light and would kill us if we came near it, we would burn. Whereas Earth receives light from the sun.
Aristarchus of Samoa
Mercury came from the same Solar nebula that the Sun, Earth and the other planets came from.
The sun produces natural light and would kill us if we came near it, we would burn. Whereas Earth receives light from the sun.