The Earth rotates from east to west direction around the Sun (a) True (b) False

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Earth rotates from West to East direction around the Sun in a counter-clockwise motion. Earth moves in an elliptical path around the sun in a counterclockwise direction, taking 365.25 days to complete one revolution.

Earth’s movement is referred to as orbit and is part of the natural motion of planets in the solar system. This motion is influenced by the sun's gravitational pull on the earth and the earth's own momentum. The orbit of the earth is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse, with the sun at one of the two foci of the ellipse.

Earth's rotation around sun

Earth’s Rotation Around The Sun

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