2006-08-10 09:59:59 · 9 answers · asked by kaileejb 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I agree.
Support for my answer: the facts are these: the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
Actually the sun does nothing. The earth moves.
2006-08-10 10:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by Stuart 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, certainly.
The Earth goes round the Sun making the seasons & goes round itself ( around an imaginary Axis) making the days & Nights. Because of these movements of the Earth, the Sun seems to appear (Rise), goes to the zenith at noon & goes down to disappear (Set). It is all relative as the trees appear to go backwards when you travel in a Train. Agreed?
We have mainly 4 directions, North East, West & South.
How do we determine these directions.
By convention & common agreement, First East is the direction the SUN RISES. Whe yo stand facing the SUN with side-stretched arms, your righthand points to the SOUTH. Right. Your lefthand poiints to the NORTH.. The Direction opposite to the one you're facing is the WEST which is the direction the SUN sets.
So the SUN rises in the East and Sets in the WEST as per our definition / analogy..
Okay?
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2006-08-10 17:16:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun rises in the east and falls in the west. Those are the facts.
2006-08-10 17:04:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question.
As I sense the world from my own particular viewpoint I can only describe what I see from that viewpoint.
Additionally I have labelled east and west as being at right angles to north and south. North and south being defined by the two points on which the earth spins.
So relative to my viewpoint the sun rises from the horizon to the top of the sky from my east and does the opposite in my west.
2006-08-10 17:07:19 · answer #4 · answered by Bob-bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The earth rotates in such a way that the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west, at least in places reasonably close to the equator.
2006-08-10 17:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by midlandsharon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I define my limits by the Magnetic field of the earth.
Where North is in Antarctica, and SOuth is in the Arctic circle.
Therefore, based on that definition of north and south, the sun rises in the WEST and sets in the EAST!
2006-08-10 17:16:36 · answer #6 · answered by o0twiggles0o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,the Sun does not rise or set. The Solar System we live in is Heliocentric. That means we revolve around the Sun. The Earth's rotation around our Sun is counterclockwise or East to west. When viewed from the North Pole. Nicolas Copernicus revived this theory and fact in Europe. This was known to Aristarchus. An ancient Greek Astronomer and possibly to many others who had no acess to writing and publishing technology in their life times but figured it out on their own. After Copernicus published this in Latin. Latin was popular like English is now. His book was banned by the Holy Roman Catholic Church. He had to wait until after his death. To have the book published. Or else the Catholic Church would have imprisonned him or kiled him. Galileo Galilei,an Italian born after Copernicus challenged the Catholic Church. But, he was arrested and was physically threatened. So,he had to denounce the truth.
2006-08-10 17:39:59 · answer #7 · answered by sandwreckoner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the world is dieing
2006-08-10 17:26:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, it is always there but the mothership in your area makes you think it's not.
2006-08-10 17:04:07 · answer #9 · answered by Amangela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋