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Does the sun revolve around the earth or does the earth revolve around the sun?

April 26, 2017Astronomy Astronomy & Space earth Mathematics revolve Sun

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Does the sun revolve around the earth or does the earth revolve around the sun?

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The both orbit around a common center of gravity. Because the sun is so much more massive than the earth, this center of gravity is vritually at the center of the sun, so we say that the earth is in orbit around the sun, which is virtually stationary “relative” to the earths orbit.