Orbiting the Earth and the sun at the Same Time
Most recent answer: 12/15/2013
- Saurabh Khare (age NA)
India
Dear Saurabh
I presume you have already looked at which explains quite a bit of your question. The main point is that the moon orbits both the earth and the sun as exemplified by the red circle that shows the moon orbiting the earth. The blue circle shows the earth-moon system orbiting the sun. Beyond the orange circle an object would not orbit the earth, only the sun.
As far as the solar system orbiting the center of our galaxy the answer is yes. There is a definite rotation of the constituents of our own galaxy about its center. Studies have been made of the rotational directions of many other galaxies, their average comes to nearly zero showing that in our observable universe there is no net rotation.
LeeH
(published on 12/15/2013)