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  • Fact 1 : All the planets in our Solar System orbit the Sun.
  • Fact 2 : Orbit means to go around.
  • Fact 3 : The planets all orbit the Sun in an anti-clockwise direction.
  • Fact 4 : In an anti-clockwise direction means the opposite way to a clock.
  • Fact 5 : The Earth takes 365 days to orbit the Sun.
  • Fact 6 : The Earth orbits the Sun but rotates anti-clockwise on its axis.
  • Fact 7 : Rotates means to spin.
  • Fact 8 : The axis is an imaginary line through the Earth.
  • Fact 9 : Its thought that Earth was in collision with another planet called Theia.
  • Fact 10 : This caused the Earth to develop a tilt.
  • Fact 11 : The Earth rotates on its axis with a tilt of 23 degrees.
  • Fact 12 : The angle and direction of the tilt is always the same.
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