Why we have day time and night time on Earth, seasons and why the moon appears a different shape over the monthįind facts about the Earth, the moon and the solar system.HAHA. Redshift Enterprises take you on a troublesome test drive of their Galactic Express shuttle.
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Thoughts and Questions about why the shape changesĮxplore the planets, comets and asteroids on an interactive virtual fly-through and then try and create the perfect world.Īn online animation showing the sizes of the nine planets, plus the sun and the earth’s moon.Īnimation showing Orbits of Planets and time taken Includes a map showing which countries are having night and day time right now.ĭrag the Moons to their correct places in lunar cycles. The Moon stays in its orbit because the Earth's gravity keeps it there.Įarth and Space Teaching and Learning Resources The planets stay in their orbits because the Sun's gravity keeps them there. The Moon travels around the Earth and it takes just less than 28 days for the Moon to complete its orbit. This journey is called the Earth's orbit. The Earth travels all the way around the Sun once every year. The Earth rotates counter clockwise, from west to east. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours, so that the Sun returns to the same position in the sky every day.
The Sun appears to move across the sky but it is the Earth that's turning. Then it continues a journey around the other side of the Earth, and rises again the next morning. The Sun is in the centre of our Solar System and it is our light source.Įach morning, the sun rises in the east, makes its slow journey across the sky, and then sets in the west. We live on planet Earth - just one of eight planets in our Solar System.
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