Example sentences of "[vb -s] around [art] sun " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were later exploited by Copernicus in his attempt to establish that the earth both turns on its axis and revolves around the sun . |
| 2 | Like the other planets it travels around the Sun in an ellipse , which means that at some times it is closer to the Sun than at others . |
| 3 | As a result , as the Earth goes around the sun once every year , its two hemispheres alternate between receiving the sun 's rays more directly ( in summer ) or obliquely ( in winter ) . |
| 4 | However , the truth is not quite as simple as this , because the planet does not exactly retrace its path each time it goes around the Sun . |
| 5 | It was once considered obvious that the earth was flat and that the sun went around the earth , yet since the time of Copernicus and Galileo , we have had to adjust to the idea that the earth is round and that it goes around the sun . |