- 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.