UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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clockwise
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counterclockwise
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -We chose to refer to the direction planets and other bodies rotate as the direction of rotation when viewed looking down from the North pole. The direction the Earth spins happens to be the opposite direction to which clock hands turn. Hence counterclockwise.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Earth rotates around the Sun from west to east in the anticlockwise direction. This causes day and night in different parts of the world at different times.
Detailed explanation-3: -The movement of the Earth around the Sun in a fixed path is called a revolution. The Earth revolves from west to east, i.e., in the anticlockwise direction. The one revolution of the Earth around the Sun takes around one year or precisely 365.242 days.
Detailed explanation-4: -Our star, the Sun, revolves anti-clockwise. So, our Earth also rotates anti-clockwise when looked from the north-pole. As a result, the earth rotates from west to east.