Is it true that the sun orbits the sun?

Answer 1

Question: Does the Sun has orbit of its own?

Answer: Yes. The sun has orbit of its own. It takes the Solar System about 225-250 million years to complete one orbit of the galaxy (a Galactic Year).

Here is a summery of the Orbital Characteristics of the Sun.

Orbital Characteristics

Mean distance ~2.5×1020 m

from Milky Way core 26,000 light-years

Galactic period (2.25-2.50) × 108 a

Velocity ~2.20×105 m/s

(orbit around the center of the Galaxy)

~2×104 m/s

(relative to average velocity of other stars in stellar neighborhood)

Also the Quran mentions this in several places. Check verses 36:38 and 21:33 and 36:40.

36:38 - And [they have a sign in] the sun: it runs in an orbit of its own [and] that is laid down by the will of the Almighty, the All-Knowing;

21:33 - And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sunand the moon. They float, each in an orbit.

Answer 2

No, the sun does not orbit itself. The sun is a star at the center of our solar system, and it is orbited by planets like Earth. This means the sun remains stationary in relation to its planetary system, while the planets revolve around it.

Answer 3

No; some objects orbit OTHER objects, not themselves.

No; some objects orbit OTHER objects, not themselves.

No; some objects orbit OTHER objects, not themselves.

No; some objects orbit OTHER objects, not themselves.

Answer 4

Technically, the earth and sun both revolve around their common center of mass ...

the place where the pivot would be if the sun and earth were on opposite ends of

a see-saw.

But since the sun is so much more massive than the earth, their common center of

mass is deep inside the sun, so for all intents and purposes, everything looks as if

the sun is perfectly stationary and the earth is revolving around the sun.

Answer 5

From previous experience, we're not sure whether the question is really asking about "revolve" or "rotate".

Here are answers to both possibilities:

1). The moon "revolves" around the sun . . . the same motion that gives us our year on earth . . .
at the same average rate as the earth.

If it didn't . . . if the moon ran ahead or lagged behind the earth . . . we'd soon lose it completely.
First, it would creep half-an-orbit away from us, where it would look light a bright planet or star.
Eventually it would wind up clear across our orbit on the other side of the sun, where we couldn't see it at all.

2). The moon "rotates" on its axis . . . spinning like a ball, the same motion that gives us our day on earth . . .
much slower than the earth does.

The moon takes a little over 27 days to make one complete spin ... exactly the same time it takes
to make one complete circle around the earth.

You can see that this means the moon always has the same spot facing the earth, which is why we always see
the same markings or "face" when we look at the moon.

Answer 6

The sun does not orbit the earth.

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Answer 7

yes the sun can orbit

Also the Quran mentions this in several places. Check verses 36:38 and 21:33 and 36:40.

36:38 - And [they have a sign in] the sun: it runs in an orbit of its own [and] that is laid down by the will of the Almighty, the All-Knowing;

21:33 - And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit.

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Answer 8

Not at all. The Moon always shows the same half towards the Earth, while the Earth rotates every day (that is one definition of a "day", in fact).

The Moon revolves around the Earth once in 27.3 days.

Since the Moon always has the same side to the Earth, and it revolves around the Earth once in 27.3 days, the Moon also rotates around its axis once in 27.3 days. Think about it... to always have the same portion facing the Earth, it has to rotate to keep that part of its face towards Earth. So, it rotates at the same rate as it revolves.

The Score is... Earth: 1 rotation per day. Moon: 1 rotation per 27.3 days. Earth wins the spinning race.

Answer 9

Yes. We know this because we can see sunspots travel across the surface of the Sun. Because the Sun is fluid rather than being "solid", the equator of the Sun rotates at different speeds than the mid-latitudes or the polar regions. The Sun takes about 25 days to complete one revolution at the equator, and closer to 33 days near the poles.

Answer 10

The earth rotates on it's axis faster than the sun. We rotate once per day. The sun rotates at different rates as it is not solid it is made up of gas and plasma. The Equator of the sun rotates once every 25 days and the poles once every 36 days.