what is the relationship between earth and sun?
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The Earth revolves (orbits) around the Sun in one year. The Earth's rotation axis is tilted relative to the plane of its orbit around the Sun. This tilt of the Earth is responsible for the seasons as the Earth orbits the Sun. The Sun provides energy that sustains all life on Earth.
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Under the geocentric model, the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbited Earth. ... First, from anywhere on Earth, the Sun appears to revolve around Earth once per day. While the Moon and the planets have their own motions, they also appear to revolve around Earth about once per day.
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The sun is the luminous celestial body that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system. ... In the Christian Scripture, the sun symbolizes the following: God's law - Psalm 19:4-7. Constancy - Psalm 72:5, 17. God's presence - Psalm 84:11.
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Earth's orbit around the sun and its rotation on a tilted axis causes some parts of Earth to receive more solar radiation than others. This uneven heating produces global circulation patterns. For example, the abundance of energy reaching the equator produces hot humid air that rises high into the atmosphere.
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An orbit is essentially the motion of an object (be it a planet, a moon, a spacecraft) around a star, moon, or planet. Now a revolution is the movement of an object around an axis of rotation, or a centre, or another object. So the earth revolves around the sun, but the earth is also in orbit around the sun.
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Earth spins around its axis, just as a top spins around its spindle. This spinning movement is called Earth's rotation. At the same time that the Earth spins on its axis, it also orbits, or revolves around the Sun. This movement is called revolution.
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The Sun warms our planet, and with the Moon, creates the tides. The Moon orbits the Earth and in turn, the Earth orbits the Sun. ... Because they appear to be the same size in the sky, the Sun, Earth and Moon work together to create eclipses.
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The earth is a planet while the sun is a star. ... The sun is 100 times bigger in the diameter than earth. It also has 1,000,000 times more volume than earth, not to mention, a surface area that's 10,000 more.
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The sun, earth, and moon are held together by gravity, and they interact in lots of ways. The moon orbits the earth because of the pull of the earth. And the earth orbits the sun because of the pull of the sun. Because of the way they move relative to each other, we see phases and eclipses.
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Both the moon and the sun possess gravity, and both exert this gravitational force on the earth. The sun's gravity captured Earth so that our planet revolves around the sun. The moon's gravity, which is only a fraction of Earth's, is still strong enough to pull water, creating tides.
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The Sun is made of burning gases, mostly hydrogen and helium, while the Earth and the Moon are terrestrial, or rocky. The Sun rotates on its axis, as do the Earth and Moon, however it is the center of the solar system and does not revolve or orbit another object.
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Earth is referring specifically to the third planet from Sol. Planet is only a celestial body in orbit around a star. Sometimes people use "world" to reference planets AND Earth, but world is also used as a term specific to humanity, right now since humans are only on Earth it seems they overlap a lot.
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The sun shines by burning its own fuel, which causes it to slowly lose power, mass, and gravity. ... As the sun loses its momentum and mass, the Earth can slowly slip away from the sun's pull. Our planet is assuredly not growing closer to the sun in orbit; in fact, our planet is slowly inching away from the sun.
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The Earth's climate is a solar powered system. Globally, over the course of the year, the Earth system—land surfaces, oceans, and atmosphere—absorbs an average of about 240 watts of solar power per square meter (one watt is one joule of energy every second).
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The relationship between the energy we use today and Earth's climate depends on the source of the energy. People use energy for heating, for transportation, for lighting, for manufacturing, for communication, and for growing and harvesting food.
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The sun and moon appear the same size in Earth's sky because the sun's diameter is about 400 times greater – but the sun is also about 400 times farther away.
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In the geocentric system, the Earth is considered to be the center of the solar system. The Moon, the planets, the Sun, and the stars all rotate around the Earth (which stays still), with uniform circular motion. They compose the heavens, which are considered to be ethereal and unchanging.