earth, sun, moon rotation flipbook

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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