revolves
2007-02-20 22:33:10
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answer #1
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answered by Λиδѓεy™ 6
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Revolves:
Earth, which is our base from which we look into space, is constantly moving. Understanding this movement is one of the most useful and important things in astronomy. The earth orbits the sun in an elliptical orbit and the moon orbits the earth with the same kind of orbit. Looking down from the north pole, the earth spins in a counterclockwise direction on an imaginary line called its axis once every day. This accounts for the fact that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The earth’s axis is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit at an angle of about 23.4 degrees. If we position ourselves high above the north pole, we would see that the earth orbits the sun in a counterclockwise motion, coming to the same position among the stars every 365.26 earth days. We would also see that the moon also orbits the earth in a counterclockwise motion. The average distance from the earth to the sun, the semimajor axis of its orbit, is 149,597,890 km. This distance was not known until recently and it is called the astronomical unit or AU. The distances of the other planets to the sun are usually measured in astronomical units. Because of the tilt of the earth, not every place on earth gets light every day. Also, some places have extremely short days. As the earth revolves around the sun, the place where light shines the brightest changes. This motion gives us the different seasons. For instance, the poles receive less light than does the equator because of the angle that the land around the poles receive the sun’s light. When the north pole is tilted toward the sun, the northern hemisphere is presented to the sun at a greater angle than the southern hemisphere and the northern hemisphere gets warmer. When this happens, the northern hemisphere gets summer while the southern hemisphere gets winter. When the south pole is tilted toward the sun, the two seasons reverse hemispheres.
2007-02-21 02:07:48
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answer #2
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answered by Anonymous
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What makes you think of that in simple terms through fact the earth circling the sunlight does not equivalent out to an entire kind, it fairly is not appropriate. Does each thing ought to equivalent an entire kind to be appropriate? Why does Pi have an countless kind of decimal places? Why will no longer be able to we in simple terms calculate the circumference of a circle using an entire kind? it fairly is okay to have 0.5 an kind and nevertheless be appropriate. basically humanistic thinking.
2016-10-16 04:04:58
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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Revolves.
2007-02-21 00:54:51
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answer #4
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answered by lisateric 5
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It is "Moves", and not orbits/rotates/revolves etc. Since you have used the word "round" after it, the verb has to be "moves". Of the other answers, "rotates" is incorrect, as it means a body moving arond its own axis.
2007-02-21 03:09:07
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answer #5
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answered by saudipta c 5
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Orbits
2007-02-20 22:34:51
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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Either revolves in orbits.
2007-02-21 01:38:43
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answer #7
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answered by Anonymous
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Orbits.
Revolves.
Rotates.
2007-02-21 00:15:30
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answer #8
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answered by Chickeneta 2
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revolves
2007-02-20 23:35:17
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answer #9
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answered by Angy 1
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revolves
2007-02-20 22:40:56
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answer #10
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answered by firefly 5
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