Why do we seem to see The Sun rotating around The Earth?

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I'm doing a science project and can't seem to find out the answer to the above question. All the answers come up really complicated. I just need a simple answer for a KS3 project.
 
It looks like the Sun is moving around us. It's really the Earth rotating, but we can't feel it so we don't sense the movement
 
The Earth rotates on its axis. We can't feel it moving, so it seems like the Sun is rotating around us.
 
Because it is relative. If you're running next to somebody who's running next to you, it seems like they're not moving at all (sort of). In fact, if you run at all, things around you seem like they're moving backwards. As we're moving with the Earth at some very fast speed, it looks to us like the sun is moving at that speed in the opposite direction. We judge things by our perspective.
 
simply, because the earth keeps spinning around and it looks like the sun is circling the earth. hope this helps.
 
The Sun, like most other astronomical objects (planets, asteroids, galaxies, etc.), rotates on its axis. Unlike Earth and other solid objects, the entire Sun doesn't rotate at the same rate. Because the Sun is not solid, but is instead a giant ball of gas and plasma, different parts of the Sun spin at different rates.


This Is A Awesome Video Of The Sun.How It Rotates ..↓ And Info
 
The Sun, like most other astronomical objects (planets, asteroids, galaxies, etc.), rotates on its axis. Unlike Earth and other solid objects, the entire Sun doesn't rotate at the same rate. Because the Sun is not solid, but is instead a giant ball of gas and plasma, different parts of the Sun spin at different rates.


This Is A Awesome Video Of The Sun.How It Rotates ..↓ And Info
 
Because there is gravity holdin us on the earth and that stops us from feeling the earth moving around the sun.
 
We rotate the sun every 365 days, but every 24 hours the earth spins in its axis, so when we spin it looks like its the sun that is moving, but its actually us that is rotating.
 
We rotate the sun every 365 days, but every 24 hours the earth spins in its axis, so when we spin it looks like its the sun that is moving, but its actually us that is rotating.
 
perspective is everything. Since everything around you seems to be unmoving, it is reasonable for you brain to consider the motion to be elsewhere.

Ever been in a stopped car when the car next to you starts to slowly move and had the sudden feeling that it was YOU that was moving? Same sort of thing.
 
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