Does the Sun revolve around other stars or objects?

Question

The Earth and other objects in our solar system move or revolve around the sun, but does the sun in turn do the same? How? What proof is there? Is it visible to the naked eye? If not, how can I show my son who asked this question.

Answer 1

our sun revolves around the centre of our galaxy - as do all the other stars which belong to it.

since the sun's circuit of the galaxy focus takes over 250 million years the motion is too slow to detect either with the naked eye or by direct observation. it needs to be calculated by comparing relative red shifts among astronomically close objects.

you don't say how old your son is, but presumably if he has grasped the fundamental notions of orbit he will be aware that every massive object must be subject to some gravitational force, and therefore must orbit something.

very few adults understand even how kepler solved the transit of mercury correctly - i think computing galactic precession might be a bit ambitious for anyone without a degree in astrophysics.

Answer 2

The sun actually orbits around the center of our galaxy. Some proof has been offered that the center of our galaxy harbors a black hole. Thus this is the object that the sun orbits around. In the grand scheme of things, the sun will never complete a full orbit, as the orbit will take billions of years, and the sun will run out of it fuel before it completes this orbit. I had to show this to my kids at one time. Do this on a grand scale using balls. The same principle of our solar system applies to the suns orbit.

Answer 3

The sun revolves around the center of the galaxy. We're on the outer edge of a spiral galaxy. We make just a tiny fraction of an orbit in a person's lifetime so it is difficult to observe. Away from light pollution on a clear night you can make out the Milky Way faintly. However, most of our galaxy is obscured by dust so you can't clearly see the center.

Answer 4

The Sun rotates around its axis and revolve around the center of gravity of Milky Way galaxy. Although it is not visible to naked eye but recent observations clearly indicate that there is a massive black hole in the center of our galaxy and motions of neighborer stars are being influenced by that black hole.
You can show this phenomenon in a Planetarium.

Answer 5

The sun rotates on its own axis and revolves around the galaxy. The galaxy rotates on its axis and revolves around another galaxy. Nothing is motionless or stationary in space. Everything is traveling and the universe is expanding.

If the sun did not do this, that would mean the galaxy is not holding itself together via gravity. If the galaxy couldn't hold itself together, it would disprove gravity altogether and you would not be bound by the earth's gravitional pull.

Answer 6

It does, but there is no way you can show this with backyard instruments. The sun and its family of planets orbit the center of the Milky Way galaxy, with an orbital period of about 250 million years. The effect can be seen by comparing current photographs with photos taken a long time ago.

Answer 7

The sun revolves arounf the center of the Milky Way galaxy. I'm not sure how you would be able to see this to proove it, but i figure it has something to do with the position of the stars from earth and the section of the milky way that we can see.

Answer 8

You might have something. if the sun rotated around something else, wouldn't it take a really long time? As of now there is no proof that the sun moves, it hasn't been observed.

Answer 9

the universe in general is a dynamic system,i think that the sun revolves around other thing (may be a star),
i think its not exactly known yet..

Answer 10

The sun, and any other star in a galaxy, orbits the centre of the galaxy.