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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Of the Earth, Sun, and Moon, which ones orbit another object?
A
the Sun and the Earth
B
the Sun and the Moon
C
the Moon and the Sun
D
the Moon and the Earth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Earth revolves around the Sun, and the Moon revolves around the Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Is it a planet? The Moon is a natural satellite, or a space object that orbits around something else. Our Moon is Earth’s natural satellite. In general, a moon is a natural satellite of a planet, and a planet is a special kind of natural satellite that orbits a star and also meets other conditions.

Detailed explanation-3: -It travels around our planet once every 27.322 days in an elliptical orbit, an elongated circle. The Moon is tidally locked with Earth, which means that it spins on its axis exactly once each time it orbits our planet. Because of this, people on Earth only ever see one side of the Moon.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Moon’s orbit about the Earth lies in a plane which is tilted by about 5.15° with respect to the plane of the Earth’s orbit about the Sun. (If this tilt was zero, we would have total solar and lunar eclipses every month!) The additional gravity of the Sun creates several complications.

Detailed explanation-5: -Earth’s Orbit. An orbit is the path an object follows as it moves around another one. Earth moves in a circle around the sun once every 365.25 days. We call that path Earth’s orbit.

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