The Seven Sisters, seven stars located more than 400 light-years away in the Taurus constellation can be seen here with Venus and another constellation, Orion. The seven stars stay grouped together but seem to move, like the planet Venus. Why do stars seem to move like planets in the night sky?

A) Both the stars and the planets are orbiting around the Earth.

B) The night sky rotates around the planets in our solar system.

C) They seem to move because they are so far away and we cannot see exactly what happens.

D) Stars seem to move because Earth is rotating on its axis; planets do move around the Sun.

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Mollie

8 February, 21:18

The Seven Sisters, seven stars located more than 400 light-years away in the Taurus constellation can be seen here with Venus and another constellation, Orion. The seven stars stay grouped together but seem to move, like the planet Venus. Why do stars seem to move like planets in the night sky?

A) Both the stars and the planets are orbiting around the Earth.

B) The night sky rotates around the planets in our solar system.

C) They seem to move because they are so far away and we cannot see exactly what happens.

D) Stars seem to move because Earth is rotating on its axis; planets do move around the Sun.

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Aliyah Warren · Answer 1

D)

Explanation:

The main reason as to why stars seem to move like planets in the night sky is because of our Earth. The Earth is rotating on it's axis as well as revolving around the sun at the same time. Therefore turning once around us every 24 hours, which to us makes it seem as though the starts are moving like the rest of our planets do around the sun.