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Short Answer:
The Sun, Moon and planets, including Earth, were formed at the same time. The entire solar system was formed about 4.5 years ago.
More Information:
Scientist have direct measurements that show there is material on Earth at least 4.4 billion years old. The oldest material found on Earth is in the form of small crystals of a material called zircon (zirconium silicate ZrSiO4) and in Australia these were measured to be 4.4 billion years old. They even suggest that water was present when they were formed.
Analysis of the isotope concentrations of lead in the oldest known samples of the mineral galena on Earth indicate that the lead is 4.5-4.6 billion years old.
The material on Earth was formed from a cloud of gas and dust that formed the entire Solar system. The age of Earth can not be older than everything else in the solar system. That is why many meteorites have been tested as well as material returned from the Moon missions.
Meteorites show a spread of ages between 4.53 to 4.58 billion years, so that is taken to mean the initial formation of the solar system covered a similar period of time.
Moon samples show dates with a maximum of around 4.4 and 4.5 billion years.
Even the rare Martian meteorites have been dated to around 4.5 billion years old.
The final check is the age of the Sun. That is harder, but some information is known by looking at all the stars of a similar character and comparing age with luminosity and mass. These studies put the age of the Sun in the same time frame of 4.5 billion years, but with less accuracy.
Conclusion:
From all data available, the Earth and Sun and planets all formed about 4.5-4.6 billion years ago.
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∙ 13y agoWell, they are the EXACT same age in terms of days and any time period larger than days. However it is possible that they could be many hours apart, or they could have been created in the same milli-second. It is a true fact that they were created on the same day by God though.
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∙ 10y agoShort Answer: The moon is believed to be about 100 million years younger than the Earth, a small difference since the solar system is about four and a half billion years old.
Longer Answer:
The best data we have on the age of the Earth is 4.5-4.6 billion years ago. Rock samples returned from the lunar missions show dates with a maximum of around 4.4 and 4.5 billion years.
This and other information has led to a theory for the formation of the moon as a result of the collision of the Earth with another planet-size object in the first few hundred million years of the formation of the solar system.
It is a matter of on-going research, but various models have been developed based on the formation of the Moon as the result of a collision but the computer modeling of planetary collisions and subsequent reformation is a complex process that is evolving in accuracy.
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∙ 9y agoUsually in astronomy when one refers to phases, this means the change in appearance as seen from Earth with respect to the Sun. For example the moon changes phase throughout the month as it changes from full (round shape) to half to quarter (crescent shape); the same is true of the planets inside Earth's orbit, Mercury and Venus, as they occupy different positions in their orbit as seen from Earth. In this context, Earth would have phases as seen from some other celestial bodies - for example, an observer on the Moon, or from Mars, etc., would see phases. However, to an observer on Mercury for example, the Earth would always seem to be "full."
Sometimes events during stellar evolution are referred to as "phases" and in this sense the Sun has been through phases and will go through others; however, given the Earth is a planet not a star the word would have significantly different connotations and could not be fairly applied to Earth.
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∙ 13y agoaccording to The Bible yes "and on the six day god created light" but actually the sun is millions of years older than earth.
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∙ 13y agoour sun and the rest of our solar system formed around 4.4 to 4.6 billion years ago.
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∙ 13y agoThe Universe is about 13.7 billion years old, whereas the Earth is a mere 4.6 billion years old.
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∙ 11y agoi think that the sun is as old as can ever be and it is older than any planet because when planets were formed the sun was there.
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How and why the earth is older than the sun?
The Earth is younger than the Sun. The Sun formed about 4.57 billion years ago, whereas the Earth was formed about 4.54 billion years ago.The Earth could only form after the Sun because it was the Suns gravitational influence, that allowed the rocky bodies to coalesce.
Are most of the atoms around us younger or older than the sun?
younger than the sun
Is a star older or younger than the sun?
The sun is a star. Some stars are older than the sun while others are younger.
Is the moon older then the sun or earth?
None. Both the sun AND earth are older than the moon. No. It appears that the Moon is slightly younger than the Earth. Current theory for its creation is that an object, a protoplanet about the size of Mars called Theia, struck the Earth during its early formation, ejecting matter that consolidated into the Moon. The Sun is older than both the Earth and Moon, but only by a small amount.
Is earth closer to the sun than venus?
No, Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth.
How and why the earth is older than the sun?
The Earth is younger than the Sun. The Sun formed about 4.57 billion years ago, whereas the Earth was formed about 4.54 billion years ago.The Earth could only form after the Sun because it was the Suns gravitational influence, that allowed the rocky bodies to coalesce.
Are most of the atoms around us younger or older than the sun?
younger than the sun
Is a star older or younger than the sun?
The sun is a star. Some stars are older than the sun while others are younger.
Is the moon older then the sun or earth?
None. Both the sun AND earth are older than the moon. No. It appears that the Moon is slightly younger than the Earth. Current theory for its creation is that an object, a protoplanet about the size of Mars called Theia, struck the Earth during its early formation, ejecting matter that consolidated into the Moon. The Sun is older than both the Earth and Moon, but only by a small amount.
Why is the sun different than earth?
The sun is bigger than the earth that is how they are different.
Why is the moon older then Earth?
The earth is not younger than the moon
Is the sun bigger than the earth or the earth is bigger than the sun?
The Sun is a star, it is Much Bigger than the Earth. It's probably thousands of times bigger than the Earth. Planets orbit around the Sun. One of those solar flares that leap out from the Sun like a flame from a fire is much bigger than the Earth.
Is the sun 100 times smaller than the earth?
No, the sun is bigger than the earth.
Is Venus closer to sun than earth?
No, Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth.
Is earth closer to the sun than venus?
No, Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth.
Is the sun or earth is the largest?
The sun is larger than the earth
What is bigger sun vs earth?
The sun is 1,000,000,000,000 times bigger than the earth.
