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Probably the Sun, but most scientists believe that the planets formed pretty quickly after that; the math doesn't seem to allow much time between the Sun igniting and the planets starting to form.
It was probably a fairly chaotic time; the chances are that there were dozens, perhaps HUNDREDS of small planetoids that then merged by repeated collisions. In fact, we're fairly sure that the Earth came to be as it is and the Moon formed when the pre-Earth collided with another smaller planet perhaps as large as Mars. The debris blasted into space then collected in orbit to form the Moon.
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∙ 14y agoORIGINAL ANSWER:
Sun
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Both the Sun and the Earth were created by the big bang, so therefore neither existed before the other. They were created simultaneously. Hope this helps.
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∙ 12y agoThe Earth is younger than the Sun. The Sun formed about 4.57 billion years ago, whereas the Earth was formed about 4.54 billion years ago.
The Earth could only form after the Sun, because it was the Suns gravitational influence, that allowed the rocky bodies to coalesce.
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∙ 14y agoCopernicus But he didn't exactly 'declare' it too loudly as we can never do that with things that prove the old ruling paradigms wrong. Even when Galileo declared it rather later he ended his days in house arrest by the Vatican!
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∙ 14y agoThe Earth rotates on its axis once each day. It is, in fact, the rotation of the Earth that creates a "day".
However, due to the revolution of the planet around the Sun the a day can be taken to mean in reference to the sun or in reference to stars. The difference is accounted for by noticing the difference between a sidereal day and a solar day. A sidereal day is the time it takes for the Earth to spin once in reference to the vernal equinox rather than in reference to the sun. Over the course of a year the difference between the sidereal days and solar days adds up to a day as the revolution of the Earth around the sun masks one entire rotation of the axis.
BUT the moon takes 24 hours to spin once on its axis and the earth spins Anticlockwise SO its is the earth that moves.
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∙ 14y agoThe Sun is older but not by much.
The Sun was formed about 4.57 billion years whereas the Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago
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∙ 14y agoThe earliest known reference to the Earth orbiting the Sun rather than the Sun going around the Earth was from Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek astronomer and mathematician about 2400 years ago.
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When did the first dog come to earth?
They came from the eygt and dogs was the ruler of the egytians
Is it colder in the winter in the Northern Hemisphere because Earth is farther from the sun then?
Actually, the earth passes its perihelion, the point in its orbit at which it is closest to the sun, in early January. Although the total amount of the sun's energy that is reaching the earth decreases as the earth's distance from the sun increases, that difference is insignificant compared to the effect of the angle at which the sun's rays are contacting the various parts of the earth.
When does the earth moves most rapidly around its orbit?
The earth moves most rapidly in its orbit around the sun at perihelion, when it is closest to the sun. That occurs some time during the first few days of January.
What was Hemingway's first published full-length novel the inspiration for which came from his friendships in France?
The Sun Also Rises
Do we have days and nights because the sun orbits the earth?
No. (But if you like that idea, go read Terry Pratchett.)
How the earth and the sun came to be?
How the earth and sun came to be
When will earth last day came?
In milliions of years the sun will expand and will engulf the first few planets - including Earth.
What came first the sun moon or earth?
Sun first, then the earth and moon formed at the same time around 4.65ga (billions of years ago) when a large moon-sized planet collided with the proto-earth/moon system.
Is the earth the first planet from the sun?
Earth is third from the Sun .
What came first the sun or the stars?
Some stars came before our sun. Some came after.
What if the earth will stop revolving around the sun?
The earth would be attracted by the sun, and as it came closer the sun, the earth would melt. The earth would probably collide with the sun before or after it would melt.
Who is the first lady on the Earth came from?
the first man on the earth
Is earth the first 1 to the sun or not?
No, earth is the third planet away from the sun.
What would happen to the season if the earth did not revolve around the sun?
If the earth did not revolve around the sun, there would not be any seasons. The problem is that if the earth did not revolve around the sun, that is, if it came to a stop in its orbit, the sun's gravity (with just the tiniest help from the earth's) would pull the earth into the sun.
What is between sun and earth?
The sun produces natural light and would kill us if we came near it, we would burn. Whereas Earth receives light from the sun.
Who came up with earth moving around sun?
Aristarchus of Samoa
What is different between earth and sun?
The sun produces natural light and would kill us if we came near it, we would burn. Whereas Earth receives light from the sun.
