Model of Earth, Moon & Sun’s Orbit
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Moon’s Orbit:
• The moon’s orbit is almost a perfect circle.
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Moon’s Orbit:
• It takes about 27 days (almost 1 month) for the moon to orbit the Earth.
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Moon’s Orbit:
• The same side of the moon always faces the Earth due to tidal forces.
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Earth’s Rotation:
The Earth makes one complete rotation on it’s axis in 24 hours or 1 day, causing day and night.
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Earth’s Revolution:
The Earth makes one complete revolution around the sun in 365 days or 1 year, causing the seasons.
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Sun’s Rotation:
Did you know that the sun is a ball of gas that also rotates on it’s axis? The gasses rotate once in about 27 days.
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