Does The Sun Orbit?

Does The Sun Orbit? Our solar system is moving at an average velocity of 450,000 miles per hour (720,000 kilometers per hour). But even at this speed, it takes us about 230 million years to make one complete orbit around the Milky Way. The Sun rotates as it orbits the center of the Milky Way.

Why Doesn’t The Moon Have A Name?

Why Doesn’t The Moon Have A Name? “Moon” is not the name of earth’s satellite, as is signalled by the lack of a capital initial. “Moon” is a label, like “person”. The formal term for a person is “human being” (for “moon”, read “satellite”). Would you like to be introduced to someone as “a person”?