answersLogoWhite

0

Why does the earth have a moon?

Updated: 8/17/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

Best Answer

If there is no moon orbiting the earth, then there would be no low/high tides and the tip of the earth on it's axis would be "out-of-whack." The earth might spin out of orbit, resulting in a catastrophy. Everything on the earth would die if the orbit of the earth had something wrong with it.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why does the earth have a moon?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

The moon is to the earth, as the earth is to what?

The moon is to the earth, as the earth is to the sun.


What is bigger the moon or the earth?

Earth, by far.


Does the moon orbit Earth or does the Earth orbit the moon?

The moon orbits Earth.


How many moon does our earth have?

Our Earth has only the one moon.


Does earth have have a moon?

YesYes. We call it the moon.


Describe the characteristics of the moon and the Earth for each phase of the moon?

The characteristics of the Earth and Moon don't depend on the Moon's phase.The thing that changes is their orientation relative to the sun. In fact, theMoon's phase is the result of that orientation.New Moon . . . Earth, Sun, and Moon in line, with Moon in the middle.Crescent . . . Acute angle, with Earth at the vertex.First/Third Quarter . . . Right angle, with Earth at the vertex.Gibbous . . . Obtuse angle, with Earth at the vertex.Full Moon . . . Earth, Sun, and Moon in line, with Earth in the middle.


How are are the earth and moon different?

The moon has easily visible craters, but the ones on earth have mostly weathered away. The Earth has wind and the moon doesn't. Earth has atmosphere but the moon doesn't have one.


What is the position of the sun moon and earth during a full moon?

(Sun) (earth) (full moon) so the moon is behind the earth in a full moon.


What is the arrangement of earth the moon and the sun of a lunar eclipse?

Sun, Earth, Moon. The moon is covered by the Earth's shadow.


What features can be found on the earth but not on the moon?

Earth has oceans the moon doesn,t the earth has volcanoes the moon does not the earth has a core the earth does not


Does the moon and earth have water?

the earth does but the moon does not


Is the moon considered to be a part of earth?

No. The Moon is a separate object from Earth. However, Earth and the moon are sometimes regarded as a single Earth-moon system.