Do all the planets in our solar orbit the sun in the same plane.?
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Not precisely, but that gives a very good first approximation. The planets generally orbit the Sun in the plane of the Solar equator, which is what you would expect. There are variations, most notably that of Neptune, (and until it was demoted to "dwarf planet", Pluto.\n\nThe plane of the Solar equator is inclined to the plane of the Earth's equator by approx. 7 degrees, and this means that the sun, and all the planets, follow this path, which is called the "ecliptic".It gets that name because the apparent path of the moon crosses the ecliptic at two points, called nodes, and it is when the moon and sun are both at or very near one of these nodes in their apparent motion that an eclipse, either solar or lunar, occurs.
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Yes the sun moves but let me explain:\n\nThe sun rotates just like earth does only at different speeds. Without going into tedious explanation this is what ultimately causes sun spots and solar flares.\n\nThe Sun also has a slight wobble to it. It doesn't really orbit but due to the gravitational pull of the planets on the sun the sun has a VERY small wobble. Basically in physics you have to add the collective mass of the sun and the planets when calculating the exact center mass of the solar system. When you do this the exact center does not fall at the exact center of the sun; it's slightly off.\n\ngo to this websites to see it in a diagram:\n\nhttp://tycho.bgsu.edu/~laird/cp_images/wobble.html
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Planets would only describe circular orbits if they were moving with the correct speed for their distance from the sun. Any slight disturbance to their motion, such as asteroid impact, would cause their motion to become elliptical. For instance if they lost energy (and speed) as a result of a collision they would be pulled closer to the sun as the result of its gravity. This would cause them to speed up and start moving away from the sun until their speed decreased so much that they were pulled towards the sun again. This is the elliptical motion of planets.\nUnless the solar system were intelligently designed it would be impossible (probability = 0) for any planet to be moving in a /perfect/ circle.
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All the planets in our solar system rotate in the same direction with the exception of Venus which rotates *very* slowly in the opposite direction.  It was theorised that it once suffered a glancing blow from a very large object that reversed its spin.\n\nHmm - by rotate I mean on their own axis - not around the sun, in which case all planets go the same direction.
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About the same location it is now.  Yes the sun is orbiting the galactic center, but so is everything around us.  Our radial distance will not change dramatically in such a short period of time, and our motion within the solar neighborhood really is not that great either.\n\nSo in short, right here.\n\nOh, and you are reading way to much into the turn-over of the Mayan long count callender.  That date has more to do with thier counting system than anything else.
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It's relative to the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, called the Ecliptic.
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The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
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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.
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Your teacher.\n\nThe sun is the center of our solar system (thus the terminology), and all of the planets circle around the sun.\n\nJust to clarify on one point...The sun is not the center of the universe.  It is the center of our solar system.  There are thousands of solar systems in our universe, and our sun is not at the center of these.
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Orbital obliquity is probably influenced by the sun in some way during the time when the planets were forming, but I don't think we have any solid idea exactly what factors were involved.  It's clear that most of the planets' axis are more or less vertical, though Venus in fact rotates the opposite way (so its obliquity is considered to be nearly 180 degrees).  The big exception is Neptune, which is nearly lying on its side.\n\nIf the Earth was similarly lying on its side as you suggest, then yes, it could spin the same and have light and dark "sides" that only change as it moves around the Sun.  See Neptune for details of this exact mechanism.
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It has to do with the formation of the planets from the solar nebula based on the "nebular hypothesis."  That is why they are all on different orbits.
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Yes,it exerts gravitational pull and it is due to this gravitational pull all the planets are revolving around the sun in fixed orbits.
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No way. All the five Lagrange points have been fixed in respect to the line planet - satellite or to the line sun - planet.
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The solar wind comes from the sun in all directions - therefore it would hit any planet in the orbital plane at a right angle. This would be the case if all planets revolved with a perfect 0 dgree axial tilt\n\nBut you have to consider the angle of the planets tilt - Earths is 23.5 degrees, and Uranus is a whopping 80 odd degrees. It also depends on where the planet is along its orbit - ie during british summer time we are tilted by our postion in orbit toward the sun,  - that is the North Pole is  angled more toward the sun. During winter - when we have traveled to the 'other side' of the sun the oposite is true - the pole is angled away from the sun.
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They are in space.. so it depends from what angle or where are you looking as a whole picture. Since we are on earth, we take earth's orbit as the reference and draw the other planet's rotation. But from outside in space (outside earth), if you are positioned perpendicular to earth's rotation, then earth is rotating in vertical direction.. thats what i could imagine..
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Yes the earth moves round the sun as do the other planets and when the sun and the moon are aligned with the earth then we are eclipsed depending on which part on the planet you live.
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No.  The angle between the sun and the moon as viewed from the earth is 180 degrees for the full moon pahse.  This means that the full moon and the sun are always on opposite sides of the earth.\n\nSince the moon is not always "in plane" with the sun, and your horizon is not perfect, it may be possible on occasion, depending on the geography of the horizon, and one's latitute to see the full moon rising as the sun is setting, or to see the full moon setting as the sun is rising.