... Why does the Earth rotate? ... Energy from the Earth's Rotation? ... If the Sun SEEMS to move around the Earth counterclockwise, but actually the Earth is the one moving around the Sun, is the Earth's motion clockwise or counterclockwise? ... If a large asteroid came close enough to Earth's magnetosphere, at the precise moment the Sun had a massive solar eruption aimed at Earth, would it be possible for the asteroid to get caught in Earth's gravitational force and become a secondary moon? ...