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How and why do planets rotate around the sun? What would happen if planets wouldn't rotate but orbit the sun?
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How and why do planets rotate around the sun? What would happen if planets wouldn't rotate but orbit the sun?

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Planets rotate around the sun so each planet gets enough heat and it isn't freezing cold.
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if planets did not rotate around the sun then on half of the planets would be day all year round and the other half would be night all year round
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