SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Earth rotates on its axis from west to east, and the Moon and the Sun (and all other celestial objects) appear to move from east to west across the sky. The Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars all rise in the east and set in the west. And that’s because Earth spins toward the east.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Earth spins on its axis from west to east. The Coriolis force, therefore, acts in a north-south direction. The Coriolis force is zero at the Equator.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the Earth rotates, it also moves, or revolves, around the Sun. The Earth’s path around the Sun is called its orbit. It takes the Earth one year, or 365 1/4 days, to completely orbit the Sun. As the Earth orbits the Sun, the Moon orbits the Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Rotation of the Earth About Its Axis. The daily rising and setting of the sun and stars is due to the earth’s rotation about its axis. The apparent motion of the sun, from east to west across the sky during the day, is familiar to us all.

Detailed explanation-5: -Do the Stars Seem to Move in the Night Sky Because of the Earth’s Rotation? Answer: Exactly. As the Earth rotates on its axis it makes it look like the stars are moving through the night sky. Also, as the Earth orbits the Sun it changes the stars that we see at any given time of the night.