The Earth, Sun and Moon

THE EARTH, SUN,
AND MOON
KASSIDY MEAD
EDUCATION 300

EARTH
We know that Earth is the third planet from the Sun in our solar system.
Earth, as well as the other planets, ORBITS around the sun.
Orbit is defined as “The path of a celestial body or a satellite as it revolves
around another body.”
It takes one year for Earth to complete one whole orbit around the Sun.

When we view the orbit of Earth from our North Pole, we can see that the
pathway Earth takes is counterclockwise around the Sun.

While Earth orbits the Sun, it is also rotating counterclockwise on its own
axis.
The axis is an imaginary line through the North and the South Poles.
It takes a whole day (24 hours) to complete one rotation on its axis.
The Sun looks like it’s moving across our sky because of Earth rotating on
its axis.

The Moon orbits Earth in a counterclockwise direction.
It takes the Moon about 27 days to complete one full orbit around Earth.

The Moon is also rotating on its own axis, just like Earth does!!!
The Moon’s rotation takes 27 days, just as long as it takes to orbit Earth,
so we always see the same side of the Moon!