in what direction does the earth orbit the sun -- clockwise or counter clock wise?
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We go counter-clockwise when viewed from the North Pole, "Always_Right".
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The Earth rotates around the sun tilted at a 34 (is it?) degree angle, and rotates while moving around the sun. Because of the action, it creates different points of direct sunlight (though the equator still has the most direct exposure) and the regions where the sun directs rays to experiences summer, and likewise, the opposite side of the Earth experiences winter. Does this help?
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Yes, as long as definitions are consistent.\n\nThe Moon rotates from west to east, the same direction that it revolves around the earth. At its equator, the Moon rotates at a speed of about 10 miles (16 kilometers) per hour. \n\nThe Earth rotates on its axis from West to East with its axis in the North/South direction.\n\nIt is sometimes thought that the Moon does not rotate, because it always presents the same face (roughly) to a point on Earth. However this is because the time it takes to complete one rotation is almost the same as the time it takes to complete one revolution around the earth; not because it does not rotate.
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One question at a time.\n\nThe first one has been answered. Becasue of the earths tilt, countries in the southern hemisphere are closer to the sun in December than the countries in the northern hemisphere - that is why we have winer here (its further away). And when the earth goes around to the other side of its orbit around the sun in July, we in the northern hemisphere are closer, while they are farther. \n\nThis the general rule, however there are many other factors like elevation, precipitation, wind patterns, jet streams, ocean currents etc etc. so yes - every country in the northern hemisphere it is officially summer in july etc. but not necessarily as warm as some other countries can get. and vice versa for the southern hemisphere of course.\n\nAll of us - when we stand up, we are perpendicular to the earths surface no matter where we are. Imagine a ball ... and pins sticking straight out of the ball. This is how we'd look, so to a person on the south POLE, would be upside down to someone on the north POLE. or someone in one area, will be upside to someone else DIRECTLY on the other side the earth's surface. Everyone else will be in varying degrees of "upsidedownness"\n\nDaylight savings time is a pure man made concept. But again ... because of the tilt of the earth, during July etc. the sun shines longer on the northern hemisphere (The days are longer) and the southern hemisphere the days are shorter. This causes the sun to rise earlier and earlier and then after the longest day of the year, it reverses - the days get shorter and shorter. \n\nNow what happens is that you can wake up at 6 am and it still be pitch dark and 7 am it starts to rise and 8 am its fully light. So they change the time to go an hour back (Fall Back) and this allows the time now to be 5 am as pitch dark, 6 am start rise, and 7 am fully light. So for people who wake up at 7 am everyday, the first plan it will be kinda  dark when they wake up but with daylight savings, it will be fully light when they wake up! Thus its just something certain countries do to be able to have light for when most people wake up in the morning - even if you are not a mornig person - about 90% of people wake up at that time to to go to work\n\nHope all this made sense and email me at alxsml@yahoo.com for more clarification.
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The sun always travels from east to west.  No matter where you are or time of year
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It should flow counterclockwise because of the Coriolis effect.\n\nHowever:\n\n>> But, the Coriolis force is very small, indeed. \n \nCompared to the rotations that one usually sees (tires on a travelling automobile, a compact disc playing music, or a draining sink), the rotation of the Earth is very small: only one rotation per day. The water in a sink might make a rotation in a few seconds and so have a rotation rate ten thousand times higher than that of the Earth. It should not be surprising, therefore, to learn that the Coriolis force is orders of magnitude smaller than any of the forces involved in these everyday spinning things. The Coriolis force is so small, that it plays no role in determining the direction of rotation of a draining sink anymore than it does the direction of a spinning CD. \n\nThe direction of rotation of a draining sink is determined by the way it was filled, or by vortices introduced while washing. The magnitude of these rotations may be small, but they are nevertheless gargantuan by comparison to the rotation of the Earth. I decided to include a picture of a draining sink, and the first one I tried in my house was found to drain clockwise (the opposite of what the silly assertions would have it do here in the northern hemisphere). This direction was determined entirely by the way the tap filled the sink. The direction of rotation of a draining toilet is determined by the way the water just under the rim is squirted into the bowl when it is flushed.<<\n\nI guess you'll just have to observe - I have made the water in kitchen sinks swirl the "wrong" way just for the heck of it, and it doesn't begin to immediately go the "right" way unless I act on it.
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The Earth orbits the sun at an average speed of 67,000 mph in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from above it's North Pole.
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First, the Earth's Equator is tilted at 23-odd degrees to the plane of its orbit; second, the Earth is slightly flattened at the poles; and third, the Earth is spinning.  These have no effect around the time of the equinoxes.  However, at the solstices, the gradient of the Sun's gravitational field across the Earth's diameter causes the daytime equatorial bulge to be attracted more strongly than the nighttime equatorial bulge, so there is a torque apparently trying to pull the spin axis more upright relative to the orbit.  But, like a spinning top, angular momentum means that the effect is to push it sideways instead.  The tilt stays at 23-odd degrees, but the axis "precesses" and describes a great cone in a period of about 26,000 years.
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they do not turn clockwise....... clocwise is a term that was coined after the invention of a clock.......the inventor decided to make the hands move in the same direction as the sun dial of the past.....
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Time is unconnected to the Earth.  The only immediately noticeable differences between normal Earth and a backward rotating Earth (NOT counting the moment during which the Earth stops spinning) is that water will circulate in the opposite direction in the ocean, counterclockwise instead of clockwise, and storms will rotate across the Earth in a different directional tendency.
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How would we know?\n\nThe orbit of the earth is a plane.  Consider clockwise and counterclockwise rotation.  Btw, those terms come from the way a shadow moves on a sundial.
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The earth's rotation.
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It has to do with the direction the earth rotates on its axis. It rotates once every 24 hours. So, the direction it spins is the direction the sun passes by. The earth would have to completely stop and start to rotate in the opposite direction in order for the sun to rise in the west and set in the east. Hopefully that won't happen any time soon, because it would probably mess gravity all up.
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Sun rises in east and sets in west, so earth spins easterly
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The sun isn't moving.\nThe sun appears to move east to west because Earth is rotating on its axis (actually, the earth is rotating on its axis, as well as rotating around the sun)
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The Earth spins from west to east at about 900 mph. Looking from above the Earth's North Pole, the Earth rotates counter-clockwise around the Sun.
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The Earth orbits the sun in an ellipse.\n\nEvery ellipse has two foci. It is at these two points where the orbited body is normally located.\n\nPlease see the wiki source that has further information on how to get the numerical data if you need it.