0
How many times farther is the sun away from the Earth than the Moon?
Wiki User
∙ 6y ago
400
Kaleb Becker
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How many times big the Sun from Moon?
The Sun is about 400 times as big (diameter) as the Moon. It just happens that the Sun is about 400 times as far away as the Moon so that when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun there can be a total eclipse of the Sun. The orbit of the Moon is eleiptical , sometimes close and sometimes farther away from the earth and when the alignment happens at a time when the Moon is farther away, the eclipse is annular (like a ring).
Is the moon moving closer to the Earth or farther away?
The moon is moving further away by 1.5cm from the Earth every year.
Why is gravity on the moon a 6th of the gravity on earth?
The gravity is less on the moon than on Earth because the Earth has about 80 times as much mass as the Moon has. The diameter of the Moon also affects it. If the diameter is bigger, that puts you farther away from the center, and the gravitational force decreases.
Is the sun closer to earth or moon?
The Sun is at the same average distance from both the Earth and the Moon because the Earth-Moon system orbits the sun. However, since the Moon orbits around the Earth, it is sometimes closer to the Sun than is the Earth, and sometimes farther. But the difference is negligible since the Sun is more than 380 times as far from Earth as the Moon.
Why does the moon stay on its orbit?
it actually kinda doesn't. the moon was part of earth many million years ago and is getting farther and farther away each year. it goes around because the earth still has a big pull on the moon.
The sun is how many times farther away from the Earth than the moon is?
400
Is one star is between the earth and the moon?
No. The moon is the closest astronomical object to Earth. The closest star to Earth is the sun, which is about 400 times farther away than the moon. The next nearest star is more than 260,000 times farther away than the sun.
How many times will the moon roll before hitting the earth?
It doesn't look like the Moon will hit Earth any time soon. In fact, it is gradually getting farther and farther away from Earth.
How many times big the Sun from Moon?
The Sun is about 400 times as big (diameter) as the Moon. It just happens that the Sun is about 400 times as far away as the Moon so that when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun there can be a total eclipse of the Sun. The orbit of the Moon is eleiptical , sometimes close and sometimes farther away from the earth and when the alignment happens at a time when the Moon is farther away, the eclipse is annular (like a ring).
Is the moon moving closer to the Earth or farther away?
The moon is moving further away by 1.5cm from the Earth every year.
Is Jupiter close to the Moon?
Not even close. The Moon orbits the Earth, which is 93 million miles away from the Sun, at a distance of about 240,000 miles. Jupiter is more than five times distant from the Sun than the Earth, at about 480 million miles away.
Why does mars appear smaller than the moon when seen from earth?
Mars is tremendously farther away from the Earth than the moon is.
Is the moon or neptune farther from earth?
The moon is about 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles) from Earth, and about 4,564 million kilometers (2,835 million miles) from Neptune. So, the moon is much closer to the Earth, Neptune over 10,000 times farther away.
Which planets does people have walk on?
Earth is the only one.12 people have walked on the moon. The closest that any other planetcan ever come to the Earth is 108 times farther away than the moon is.
Why is gravity on the moon a 6th of the gravity on earth?
The gravity is less on the moon than on Earth because the Earth has about 80 times as much mass as the Moon has. The diameter of the Moon also affects it. If the diameter is bigger, that puts you farther away from the center, and the gravitational force decreases.
Is the sun or the moon furthest from earth?
The Moon is farther from the Sun, roughly the same average distance from the Sun as the Earth. The Sun is nearly 400 times farther from the Earth and Moon (150 million kilometers) than the Moon is from the Earth (about 384,000 kilometers).The center of the Earth is around 240 thousand miles away from the center of the Moon. The earth is around 93 millionmiles away from the sun. Therefore, the Moon is much, much farther away from the Sun than it is from the Earth.
What moons are close to Venus?
There are no moons around Venus or Mercury. So the closest moon to Venus is the Moon orbiting the Earth, which is not really any closer than Earth is. (Venus is always at least 100 times farther away from Earth than the distance of the Moon.)
