Pl. I know that, the Earth rotate from right to left its own axist. Incase if the Earth rotate from left to right on its axist,.... do you think the sun will rise from the west and set on the east???
2007-09-11 16:57:08 · 5 answers · asked by LoCo#33 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If the Earth spinned in the opposite direction then of course it would rise in the west and set in the east. The planet Venus has this characteristic. The earth is spinning and the sun is simply being rotated out of view.
2007-09-11 17:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by justask23 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun sets in the west because the word "west" is defined as "the direction in which the sun sets". If the sun were to begin setting somewhere else, an impossibility, that direction would then become west.
2007-09-12 07:04:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sun doesn't set or rise ... that idea stems from a time when people believed the Earth to be the center of the universe
2007-09-12 00:11:46 · answer #3 · answered by lawn_goblin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it would.
Doug
2007-09-12 00:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've answered your own question : )
2007-09-12 00:08:57 · answer #5 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋