Astronomy Facts Earth: The is a sphere shape (ball) The Earth is tilted on an axis. The Earth rotates (spins) counterclockwise. It makes a full rotation every 24 hours. The Earth revolves (orbits) around the sun. It takes about 365 days (365¼ days) or one year to make one revolution. The Earth has an elliptical (oval) orbit around the sun. This is also counterclockwise. Rotation is when an object spins around itself. The Earth’s rotation is 24 hours and affects daytime and night time. Revolution is when an object goes around (or orbits) another object. The Earth revolves around the sun every year and the moon revolves around the Earth every 29.5 days. Seasons: the two reasons we have seasons are the tilt of the Earth’s axis the Earth’s revolution (orbit) around the sun
Astronomy Facts Earth: The is a sphere shape (ball) The Earth is tilted on an axis. The Earth rotates (spins) counterclockwise. It makes a full rotation every 24 hours. The Earth revolves (orbits) around the sun. It takes about 365 days (365¼ days) or one year to make one revolution. The Earth has an elliptical (oval) orbit around the sun. This is also counterclockwise. Rotation is when an object spins around itself. The Earth’s rotation is 24 hours and affects daytime and night time. Revolution is when an object goes around (or orbits) another object. The Earth revolves around the sun every year and the moon revolves around the Earth every 29.5 days. Seasons: the two reasons we have seasons are the tilt of the Earth’s axis the Earth’s revolution (orbit) around the sun
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