2006-09-27 19:51:57 · 16 answers · asked by Yoonus 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
No, it always rises from the east. If you think about this a little, you see that it has to be this way.
The sun doesnt 'rise' of course. The sun stays in the same place, it is the Earth that is turning toward the sun, right? So in order for the sun to 'rise' in the west, that would mean that the earth had stopped turning toward the east and then started turning in the opposite direction! That isnt going to happen, is it?
Because the angle of the earth changes a bit relative to the sun during the year, at some times the sun appears to rise further toward the north, and then at the other time of year, further toward the south, but always fromthe east.
2006-09-27 19:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look my dear east or west all applicaple only when u come in to our planet O.K. In space there is no east or west. In our solar system the sun keeps moving at a stady spead while taking along with it all planets. It is the planets which go arround sun so our earth goes arround as well as rotates within. So for us the sun comes from the east. and one year for us is 365 days, one day is 24 hrs, Same is not so for other planets in the solar system. For other planets such as saturn one day may be 1 year or more. If u want to know more visit How stuff works.
2006-09-27 23:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by Loganathan Raja Rajun R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. If it ever changes, it would mean the earth would be revolving around the sun in reverse. I think all the life on this planet would be long gone before that ever happened.
2006-09-27 20:00:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, never. The sun appears to "rise" because the Earth spins on it's axis. To rise in the west, it would need to reverse the direction of it's rotation. Which is pretty near impossible.
2006-09-27 19:56:22 · answer #4 · answered by xy_213 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only time you can't be sure which wy the sun rising is when you are either above the Arctic Circle during the summer or below the Anarctic Circle during the winter, This is because the sun never sets during those times in those areas.
2006-09-28 03:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by grrams0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you see the earth from the top... it revolves anti clock wise about its axis (not axis of evil...) So the illusion happens like the sun rises in east and sets in west.
if the earth rotates in clockwise then the sunrise will be in west and sun set in east...
you can also think about this way... if the sun rotates anti clock wise about the center line of equator... then sunrise will be in north and sunset will be in South.. if it rotates clockwise about the center line if equator the the sunrise will be south and sun will be north.
2006-09-28 00:27:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To comment on Bob Dole's response, the Earth is wobbling on its axis, but not enough to cause this Westerly sunrise.
Imagine a spinning top. After a short while, the top starts to wobble. It's still spinning, but it's wobbling in little circles. Then the circleas get bigger and bigger as it loses energy, and eventually it falls over. That little bit of wobble at the beginning is what the Earth is doing, except those tiny little circles take about 20,000 years to make.
2006-09-27 22:34:22 · answer #7 · answered by i_sivan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rose
2017-03-19 03:29:24 · answer #8 · answered by maha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only a convention. When the sun rises that direction we define as east.
2006-09-28 05:39:35 · answer #9 · answered by sures 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know much about astronomy
however, its my belief that the tilt at which the earth rotates is shifting and will eventually change so much that yes, the sun will rise from the west. this is gonna take a while though.
just to clarify, im not talking about the earth's rotation around the sun, im talking about the earth's roatation about itself
2006-09-27 20:08:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋