wich way does the sun rotate around the earth?

Question

like does the sun go clockwise or counterclockwise?

Answer 1

News Flash, einstein: The Sun dosen't rotate around the earth. The earth revolves around the sun, while it rotates.

Answer 2

The Earth rotates around the Sun, Clockwise

Answer 3

"Clockwise" is a word that comes fromt he apparent movement of the Sun in the sky.

When the first mechanical clocks (with a face and a hand -- later two or three hands), the movement of the hand(s) was set to reflect the movement of the Sun's shadow on the sundial.

The mechanical clocks we know were invented in the northern hemisphere, where the Sun rises in the East, passes to the south and sets in the west. The corresponding shadow begins in the west, passes north and finishes in the east.

This direction is what is now called clockwise.

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The apparent movement of the sky is the result of Earth's rotation on its axis.

If you were able to hover above the North Pole and keep a fixed orientation relative to the stars, you would notice:

The Earth rotates counterclockwise under your feet.

The Earth's orbit around the Sun would also appear counterclockwise.

Of course, if you were to try the same thing while hovering over the South pole, both the rotation and the orbit would go clockwise.

Answer 4

These guys are all lying to you. The sun definately rotates around the Earth, and in a clockwise direction.

This is what creates our atmosphere, and ensures that oxygen stays close to the Earth. It's why Earth is the only planet that can sustain life.

Answer 5

First of all, the earth rotates around the sun. Secondly, clockwise or counterclockwise would depend on which direction you are facing. If you are facing south, the sun would move in a clockwise direction. If you were facing north, it would be counterclockwise.

Answer 6

Boy, what a hodgepodge of answers, some competent, some less so.

The earth revolves in orbit around the sun.

The earth rotates on its own axis in a direction that appears right handed if you look down on it from a point in space "above" the north pole, and appears left handed from a point in space "below" the south pole.

To visualize left-handed and right-handed rotation, do this:

1. Hold your right hand out in front of you with the thumb extended away from you horizontally.

2. Curl your fingers partly as though to grasp a broom handle.

3. Note that the fingers curl in the same direction that the hour hand of a clock moves. This is called "right-handed" or "clockwise" rotation.

4. Now lower your right arm and hold your left hand out in front of you with the thumb pointing away from your body.

5. Curl the fingers part way, as if to grasp a broom handle.

6. Note that the fingers curl opposite to the way the hour hand of a clock moves. This is called "anti-clockwise" or "counter-clockwise" rotation.

Answer 7

Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei
Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Giusto Sustermans.
Born February 15, 1564
Pisa, Italy
Died January 8, 1642
Arcetri, Italy
Residence Italy
Nationality Italian
Field Astronomy, Physics and Mathematics
Institution University of Padua
Alma mater University of Pisa
Known for Kinematics
Telescope
Solar System
Religion Roman Catholic
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, astronomer, astrologer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution. His achievements include the first systematic studies of uniformly accelerated motion, improvements to the telescope, a variety of astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo's experiment-based work is a significant break from the abstract approach of Aristotle. Galileo is often referred to as the "father of modern astronomy," as the "father of modern physics", and as the "father of science". The motion of uniformly accelerated objects, treated in nearly all high school and introductory college physics courses, was studied by Galileo as the subject of kinematics.

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1 Biographical sketch
2 Scientific methods
3 Astronomy
3.1 Contributions
3.2 Galileo, Kepler, and theories of tides
4 Physics
5 Mathematics
6 Technology
7 Church controversy
8 Galileo's writings
9 Galileo in popular culture
10 Named after Galileo
11 See also
12 Notes
13 References
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Answer 8

The Earth rotates around the Sun.

Answer 9

Actually, that's the other way around: Earth rotates around its own axis, and orbits around the Sun.

Now, for the Sun's apparent movement from Earth's point-of-view, it's counterclockwise, it you are facing North, and clockwise, if you are facing South. This apparent movement is due to Earth's rotation around its own axis.

Answer 10

The sun has much more influence on Earth than the Moon, but it is the movement of the Earth that causes most cycles with respect to given area on Earth position to direct sunlight.