Geography, asked by mukund123, 1 year ago

why sun rises in the east and sets in the west?.try to ans this question. if not i will you the ans.

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Answered by kvnmurty
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Earth rotates (spins) about itself  from West towards East while it is going around the Sun.  So the The countries in the East see the Sun first.  The countries in the West see the Sun later.

As the Earth moves towards East, the Sun seems to travel towards the west during day time, and in the evening Sun goes below the horizon in the West direction, at Sun set time.

We have the international date line in the ocean is near Japan. SO Japan gets the sun light first before other nations every day.  The western most point in USA sees the Sun last.



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Answered by Harryhari
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The Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars all rise in the east and set in the west. And that's because Earth spins -- toward the east.

For a moment, let us ignore Earth's orbit around the Sun (as well as the Sun's and solar system's revolution around the center of the Galaxy, and even the Galaxy's journey through the universe). For the moment, let us just think about one motion - - Earth's spin (or rotation) on its axis.

Earth rotates or spins toward the east, and that's why the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars all rise in the east and make their way westward across the sky. Suppose you are facing east - the planet carries you eastward as it turns, so whatever lies beyond that eastern horizon eventually comes up over the horizon and you see it!

People at Earth's equator are moving at a speed of about 1,600 kilometers an hour -- about a thousand miles an hour -- thanks to Earth's rotation. That speed decreases as you go in either direction toward Earth's poles. In the state of Texas, you'd moving at about 1,400 kilometers an hour due to rotation. If you're in southern Canada, you're moving at only about a thousand kilometers an hour. Now think about what would happen if you stood exactly at the North Pole. You'd still be moving, but you'd be turning in a circle as Earth spins on its axis.

You may wonder why you don't feel this speed: it's because human beings have no 'speed organs' which can sense absolute speed. You can only tell how fast you are going relative to something else, and you can sense changes in velocity as you either speed up or slow down. But we cannot really tell whether or not we are just moving at a constant speed unless something else tips us off!

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