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   George Kinley  writes:   
      
   > I have trivial question   
   > Our earth is moving around sun, and simultaneously also rotating with   
   > galaxy,   
      
   All motion is _Relative_. There is no such thing as "absolute motion."   
      
      
   > Considering only the galaxy rotating factor , also sun and all other   
   > stars are also rotating with galaxy.  So are they all moving in same   
   > direction at same speed,   
      
   Since your assumption is false, your question is irrelevant.   
      
      
   > is it possible that sun is moving away from us   
      
   The distance from the Earth to The Sun increases during the `outgoing' half   
   of the Earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun, from perihelion to aphelion;   
   during the other half of the Earth's orbit, the distance decreases again by   
   the same amount (neglecting perturbations of the other planets). However,   
   the Earth's orbit has absolutely NOTHING to do with the rotation of the galaxy;   
   these two physical processes are totally independent of each other.   
      
      
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