2006-10-03 22:53:12 · 19 answers · asked by ajay d 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I just hope you are not American. Unless you are perhaps under the age of 7, then maybe I'll excuse you.
2006-10-03 22:56:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vishal and Zanti got it right.
The sun and earth each rotate about their common center of mass. Due to the larger mass of the sun, this point is very close to, but not coincident with, the geometric center of the sun. So, from our terrestrial standpoint, the earth seems to revolve about the sun, but in actual fact, the sun can be seen to 'wobble' in its orbit due to the earth's movement around it. All the other planets (whatever their number...!) have a like effect on the sun, so the actual motion is quite difficult to predict analytically........
2006-10-04 17:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth and the Sun is part of our Solar System. The principal component of this sytem is the Sun. Four rocky bodies close to it are called the terrestrial planets and every planet past the asteroid belt is ENCIRCLED by planetary rings of dust and other particles.
That's the reason why Earth rotates around the Sun ...
2006-10-04 06:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by answer me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I suppose you could say every object in the entire solar system, including the sun, revolves around the solar system's center of gravity. However, since the sun contains the great majority of the mass in the solar system, the solar system's center of gravity is near the center of the sun. As a result, the sun's rotation around the center of gravity doesn't amount to more than a slight wobble.
2006-10-04 06:10:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason for this is quite simple. It happens so because earth does not have enough gravitational pull to make sun rotate around itself.
2006-10-04 06:25:29 · answer #5 · answered by MYTH 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the sun have a gravitational pulling from the vacuum. And if the Sun rotate the earth, the earth will perish and burn down!
2006-10-04 05:58:24 · answer #6 · answered by Rex 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sun is much heavier than earth. so, gravitational pull of sun is much more than the earth and that causes earth to rotate around the sun. as for as the rotation of sun is cocerned, it also moves but not around the earth.
2006-10-04 06:44:23 · answer #7 · answered by neeti 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who said Sun doesn't rotate? Sun rotates in its galaxy, i mean our milky way galaxy around the centre.
As sun has much higher gravitational pull, earth rotates around it. Just as moons rotate around planet.
They dont rotate around the sun, "directly" though because they r more closer to the planets, and experience more stonger gravitational pull from them
2006-10-04 06:19:01 · answer #8 · answered by GodLuvsU:)) 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is not one revolving around the other
these both revolve arond their centre of mass
since the sun looks much big compared to the earth it appears as if
earth revolves around sun
2006-10-04 06:05:26 · answer #9 · answered by vishal_boddu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sun in the first instance is not capitalized because our sun's name is Sol. Other than that not sure what you are asking.
2006-10-04 06:31:36 · answer #10 · answered by afsm666 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think you might find it has something to do with the gravitaional pull of the sun completely outwaying the pull of the earth!!!
2006-10-04 05:54:58 · answer #11 · answered by Mindwalker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋