No it doesn't ! If it was spinning/ rotating (on its own axis, by definition), and we could somehow stop its orbit around the earth (or even suddenly straighten it into a line), it should then continue spinning. It obviously won't. It will just sit there angularly motionless as it always has.
Many people try the old 'its spinning once every 28.5 days' routine. OK, so if we followed directly behind (so we don't inadvertently start orbiting it) the moon in its orbit in a space shuttle, we should then see the whole surface over a 28.5 day period. Obviously we won't. And it isn't also orbiting the shuttle every 28.5 days as well as the earth. That would be some trick !
If you stood on a distant star and watched the moon, yes, you see a 360 degree view of the surface, but thats because its going round a circular path. It may look like spinning from afar, but spinning is movement around an included axis, not the describing of a circular path, in which any non spinning object will display all its sides to a distant observer outside the circle.
A top spins (around its axis) a race car (and the moon) revolves around a track but stays straight on the track. A spinning race car usually leads to disaster !
Mars does not rotate around the Earth. It rotates on its axis, and it revolves around the Sun, just as all the other planets do.
The rotation of Mars is very similar to the rotation of earth. Its axial tilt, the length of its day, and the direction of its rotation are all very similar to those of earth.
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-- Both are members of the same solar system, and share the heat and light of the same star. -- Both revolve in the same direction around the sun. -- Both rotate axially in the same direction. Their axial tilts are very similar. . -- The constellations look the same in the sky of both planets. -- Their periods of axial rotation are similar ... Mars' day is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. -- Both planets have frozen water around their poles. -- Both have rust, volcanoes, and dust storms on them.
Mars does not rotate around the Earth. It rotates on its axis, and it revolves around the Sun, just as all the other planets do.
Mars does not rotate around the Earth. It rotates around the Sun, just like all the other planets/
it takes about 6 months earth time for mars to rotate around the sun
Mars rotates horizontally around the sun in a counter clockwise motion. Mars does rotate at a rate of 40 minutes slower than the Earth.
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Mars takes about 687 earth days to rotate around the Sun
The rotation of Mars is very similar to the rotation of earth. Its axial tilt, the length of its day, and the direction of its rotation are all very similar to those of earth.
Mars does not rotate around the Sun. It revolves around the Sun. It takes Mars about 687 Earth days for Mars to revolve once around the Sun.Planets and moons rotate about their own axes, but they revolve around the Sun (for planets) or (for moons) other planets.
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both go around the sun. They both rotate. both are in space
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