All the planets in the solar system orbit around the sun in elliptic (oval-shaped) orbits.The motion of all or most of the planets have other features in common....Can you identify 2 of those similarities?
2006-12-03 06:58:38 · 8 answers · asked by Nicey L 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Hi. They all orbit in approximately the same plane and orbit in the same direction. (Pluto was an exception, but it is not considered a planet now.)
2006-12-03 07:09:38 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Planets rotate on their own while they revovle around the sun and this causes planets to have "days and nights." Another feature is that most of them revolve on an axis at about 22.3degrees.
2006-12-03 15:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by Waverly Pascale 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
-They all move in the same direction
-They rotate around some axle.
Non-motion similarity:
-They cleared the debris in the neighbourhood (rather an arbitrary statement: hence the current definition of planets is greatly dumb).
2006-12-03 15:29:52 · answer #3 · answered by · 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're all orbiting in the same direction. They're also orbiting in the same plane, called the ecliptic.
2006-12-03 16:33:14 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph Q 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they rotate around the axis
they dont cross each others path
2006-12-03 15:10:26 · answer #5 · answered by Shaniqua 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They travel in the same direction and spin in the same direction.
2006-12-03 15:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
direction of rotation and direction of orbit?
2006-12-03 15:06:33 · answer #7 · answered by ArtieLange 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
spheres and moons
2006-12-03 15:12:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋