• Question: Where does the sun go at night

    Asked by JP03 to Dervil, Moises, Pramod, Saoirse, Stephen on 7 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by 459ghtg39.
    • Photo: Dervil Cody

      Dervil Cody answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      A day on Earth lasts 24 hours. During this 24 hours, the Earth rotates fully once. Which means that for a portion of the day, Ireland is facing the Sun, and for the other portion, Ireland is facing away from the Sun, which we call night time. So the Sun never really goes anywhere, we are the ones spinning towards and away from it!

    • Photo: Dr. Pramod Kumar

      Dr. Pramod Kumar answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      The Sun does not go anywhere but the Sun seemingly disappear at night is the Earth’s rotation or turning motion.

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