Suppose there existed a heliocentrist somewhere in the World. Then he comes up to me and says, "The Earth orbits on an axis every 24 hours, and the Earth rotates around the sun every 365 days." So, I'm looking for the correct usage of the words Rotate, Revolve, Orbit in relation to describing 1. a spinning object 2. an object in a circular path Bernie Paul Deema <paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Bernie B 2. How about Orbital Revolution and Axial Rotation? If you explain what you mean by this, I'll attempt to answer. Paul D --------------------------------- Yahoo!7 Mail has just got even bigger and better with unlimited storage on all webmail accounts. Find out more. --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.