Night is caused by the Earth coming between the sun's focus and the outer extreme. Day and night alternate because of the axial motion of the Earth V 35, Ch 1, P 585, Bk of Cosmogeny and Prophecy.
2006-12-11 13:36:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
nighttime happens when one side of the earth turns away from the sun
daytime happens when one side of the earth faces the sun
2006-12-11 19:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by silverwater92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An odd answer for a couple of reasons. Earth cannot come "between" anything and the "outer extreme," whatever that means. Earth covers less than 1 billionth of the the sky from the Sun.
Also, the Sun is a reall object, not an image, so the sun's focus has no physical meaning.
The night is simply the Earth's shadow.
2006-12-11 23:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you answered your own question, and correctly too. So why bother to post it? I don't know about that Prophecy thing though.
2006-12-11 21:42:13 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋