UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Earth
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Sun
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Does the Moon orbit Earth? Yes. The Moon takes about one month to orbit Earth (27.3 days to complete a revolution, but 29.5 days to change from New Moon to New Moon). As the Moon completes each 27.3-day orbit around Earth, both Earth and the Moon are moving around the Sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -Viewed from above, however, the Moon orbits Earth in the same direction as our planet rotates. So, the Moon actually moves from west to east through our sky, albeit so slowly that we almost never notice it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Where G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of earth and R is the distance of the object from the centre of earth. Which is lower than the escape velocity needed for the moon to go out of earth’s gravitational pull. Because of this the moon revolves around earth not sun.