Forgive my ignorance, but the earth is round but rockets go up and we look up to see stars etc, are there any permanently below earth? Does this make sense? lol I guess I'm sort of asking, how are other planets positioned in relation to earth?
Correct me please, thank you.
Correct me please, thank you.
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"Over" and "under" are concepts that only make sense in the gravity field of a star or planet. The only thing "under" the Earth is the Earth. Anywhere you go on Earth, there are stars overhead. All the planets are in orbits around the Sun. Mercury has the smallest orbit, then Venus. Earth has the next orbit, and then Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune outwards.
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No. Earth's interior is well-documented as has been measured by Earthquake propagation waves and as had been measured by gravimetrics.
There is no planet inside Earth.
The OTHER PLANETS are all orbiting the sun along with Earth, on a plane in space called the ecliptic. They look like "stars" in the night sky, but if you are skilled enough of an observer, you can see that they are planets.
Presently, the majority of the naked eye planets are appearing pre-dawn as "morning stars". Namely Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter.
Saturn is visible during deep night.
Uranus is seldom ever visible to the unaided eye.
Neptune is never visible to the unaided eye.
There is no planet inside Earth.
The OTHER PLANETS are all orbiting the sun along with Earth, on a plane in space called the ecliptic. They look like "stars" in the night sky, but if you are skilled enough of an observer, you can see that they are planets.
Presently, the majority of the naked eye planets are appearing pre-dawn as "morning stars". Namely Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter.
Saturn is visible during deep night.
Uranus is seldom ever visible to the unaided eye.
Neptune is never visible to the unaided eye.
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Earth is a ball and wherever you are on it's surface space is up.
The planets all orbit around the Sun in a counter-clockwise direction (as seen as if looking down on the North Pole) and are on the same orbital plane - think of a flat disc - give or take a few degrees. Mercury's the one with the biggest variation from Earth at seven degrees. Pluto isn't classified as a planet any more but it's orbital plane was seventeen degrees different.
The planets all orbit around the Sun in a counter-clockwise direction (as seen as if looking down on the North Pole) and are on the same orbital plane - think of a flat disc - give or take a few degrees. Mercury's the one with the biggest variation from Earth at seven degrees. Pluto isn't classified as a planet any more but it's orbital plane was seventeen degrees different.