The Earth is part of the Solar System, a set of planets, moons, asteroids, comets and other bodies orbiting around the Sun. Solar gravity holds this whole system together, from Mercury to very distant regions. Our planet performs two main movements: rotates on its axis and moves around the Sun. That movement of translation takes about a year and allows the Earth to complete an almost circular orbit, although in reality it is slightly elliptical.…
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The Earth is part of the Solar System, a set of planets, moons, asteroids, comets and other bodies orbiting around the Sun. Solar gravity holds this whole system together, from Mercury to very distant regions. Our planet performs two main movements: rotates on its axis and moves around the Sun. That movement of translation takes about a year and allows the Earth to complete an almost circular orbit, although in reality it is slightly elliptical.…