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A liquid or semi-liquid without a container in microgravity takes on the shape that has the least amount of surface area compared to the volume. That would be a sphere. Now, if it is turning there will be a slight bulge at the equator of the ball, which there is.
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Are the moon sun and the earth perfect spheres?
No but they are of a spherical shape
What is the unlabeled spherical object between the sun and earth?
moon
What is the shape of the moon when it is opposite to the sun?
The Moon of the Earth has a spherical shape regardless to its position compared to the Sun.
Is the sun moon and earth circular?
Yes or to be more precise they are spherical
What was Aristotles basis for believing that the earth was spherical?
First he realised that eclipses of the moon were caused by the earth coming between the sun & the moon. The earth's shadow on the moon was always round, which would be true only if the earth was spherical.
Why do the sun earth moon have so many things in common?
they are all spherical in shape
What shape are the sun and the moon?
The sun is a sphere and the moon is a sphere.
What shape does moon make when it travels around earth?
The Moon is always spherical, or nearly so. However, the light from the Sun comes ... from the Sun, and we live on the Earth. So as the Moon goes around the Earth and the light comes from the Sun, our view of the illuminated area of the Moon will vary.It is this "sideways" view of the Moon in the sunlight that causes our perception of the phases of the Moon.
When does the sun come between the earth and the moon?
Never.
What shape are the earth and the sun?
Spherical
Why does the moon have a dark side but the earth doesn't?
Earth does have a dark side. When you are on that dark side it is called night. Both Earth and the moon get their light from the sun. Since they are both spherical and there is only one sun in our solar system, the sun can only light up half of each object at a time.
When do you have lunar eclipse?
when eath come in between the sun and moon lunar eclipse take place.As we know that moon revolves and rotate around the earth and earth revoles and rotate around the sun,sometimes the earth come between earth and sun while revolving around the sun and moon goes to back side of earth while rotating around the earth............
