Question

Fill in the blank.
The earth travels around the sun in _____.

Answer 1

Hint:The earth revolves around the sun. It takes 365 days 5 hours 59 minutes and 16 seconds to complete an entire round around the sun. This time taken is called a year. This revolving occurs on a particular path or orbit. We will see what it is called in the complete answer below.

Complete answer:
Our solar system consists of the sun, the moon, nine planets and their moons and asteroids. All of this is called celestial bodies. These celestial bodies are constantly on the move. Yes, along them we are on a move constantly. At the centre, lies the sun which takes 25 days to spin or rotate completely around. The Earth, which is the third planet from the sun takes 24 hours to spin which is the reason why day and night happens. As the earth rotates, it slowly revolves around the sun. It takes 365 and ¼ days to complete orbit around the sun, this time taken by the Earth to revolve around the sun is called a year. This revolution is completed on a fixed path or an elliptical orbit.
Therefore, the earth revolves around the sun in a fixed elliptical orbit.

Note:As the Earth orbits around the Sun, the Moon orbits around the Earth. It takes 27 1/2 days for the moon to orbit around the earth, but because the Earth keeps moving, it takes the Moon two extra days, that is ,29 1/2, to come back to the same place in our solar system.