... Inclination of equator to solar orbit . Mercury . 2 degrees . Venus . ... 2 degrees . Venus . 2.7 degrees . Earth . 23.5 degrees . Moon . 1.5 degrees . ... It lies flat on its side as it orbits the Sun. ...
... The orbiting telescope is already halfway through its short five-year lifespan, and research time on "Spitzer" is precious to astronomers on Earth. ...
... Only two planets have orbits that carry them between Earth and the Sun, and Mercury?s occasional passages across the Sun?s face have punctuated critical times in the evolution of our knowledge of the Universe. ...
... orbit around each other, and they are about 20 times as far from each other as Earth ... far apart as Earth is from the Sun, and they take about 25 years to orbit around one ...
... a mere 0.1 astronomical units of Earth (15 million kilometers, 9.5 million miles ... great comet, Comet Hale-Bopp, is poised to enter our night sky in early 1997 ... became the most active comet in the past 400 years to come so close to Earth ...
... This map show the points on Earth immediately below these two satellites. ... Mir completes one orbit every 92 minutes 26 seconds and reaches latitudes between 51 ... Hubble orbits once every 96 minutes 35 seconds and reaches latitudes lower than 28 ...
... Perhaps they'll answer with "Earth", or maybe one of the other obvious choices like ... us that basing everything on what we at Earth can see is a mistake, and the latter ...
... The Age of the Earth: This useful page from the Talk.Origins site describes how we measure the age of our planet and then dissects some of the common creationist arguments for a younger Earth. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-age-of-earth.html . ...