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The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,400 km retroreflectors have been placed on the moon and used to measure the distance by timing a pulse of light. the round trip time is about 2.5 seconds so a one way trip takes light about 1.25 seconds
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Has Anyone Gone To Pluto?
No.. Its quite impossible for us to reach Pluto because the closest distance between the Earth and Pluto occurs when Earth is at its most distant from the Sun, and Pluto is at its closest. And the Sun, Earth and Pluto are lined up in a perfect line. When this happens, Pluto and Earth would be separated by 4.2 billion km. At their most distant, Earth would be at its furthest at the opposite side of the Sun from Pluto. At this point, Earth and Pluto would be separated by 7.5 billion km. And so, the distance from Earth to Pluto ranges between these two distances.
Why do we call Earth 'the blue marble'?
Earth as a Blue Marble relates to a picture taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 45,000 kilometres (28,000 mi). The crew had their back to the sun so the Earth was fully illuminated. Similar pictures have been taken since that time. The phrase is used and popularized in Carl Sagan's documentary/science series "Cosmos" to represent the beauty and smallness of our planet in relation to the Universe.
What does night on Earth look like from space?
Images from space of Earth have been taken by NASA. When dark, Earth tends to be lit up. Natural and artificial gasses on Earth make it lit up at night. It can often seem like the stars, which we see in the sky at night are on Earth instead.
Something that has landed on Earth?
a space rock that hits earth is basically a rock that has been made by impact debris or other objects in space that floats around first and get closer to earth and gets pulled on to the earth's surface by gravity
What if there was no magma in the Earth composition?
Then, Earth would have been geologically dead.
What is the meaning of Muslim name rehab?
it has been taken up from an Arabic word which means heaven on earth.. basically wide place having every important thing within reach .
Is moonlight coming back on this season?
No, its been canceled.
Why does your house not show on Google earth?
Google Earth is made of pictures taken from satellites. If your house is new or has been renovated, the satellites may not have taken a picture of it yet.
How long has it taken for the moon to travel this far?
as long as the earth's been round!
What is a moonlit?
Lit by the moon, as having been bathed in moonlight.
When is the TV show Moonlight coming back?
the show has been cancelled
What type of band is Crimson Moonlight?
Crimson Moonlight is a Swedish band. Their music is considered to be Christian metal and unblack metal. They have been featured in two metal documentary films.
Was moonlight sonata originally written for an orchestra?
No, it is and always has been a piano sonata (only).
Weather No system can reach absolute zero temperature?
It is an slandered temperature that has been taken as reference. No system has this temperature some exception are there for perpection systems.
How have scientists been able to determine the composition of Earth's layers?
Severals methods are all combined to give the scientist info on the layers of the Earth. For example they study the influence of the earth on orbits of the moon and other planets (mass distribution of the earth, mass density). They study the way seismic waves go through the earth which gives knowledge of layers. They use wave to sound. They examine sample of earth.
Is there earth life on mars or other planets?
No. The only astronomical body outside of the earth that humans have landed on has been the moon, and that hasn't happened now for the past 38 years. In order to reach Mars ... when Mars is the nearest to Earth that it can ever be ... astronauts will have to travel almost 200 times as far as they traveled to reach the moon.
How long has light from other stars been traveling toward earth?
Well it depends on what you mean. The distance for how long it takes, or the time as in how long since Earth was made. Earth as you know has been here a long long time. Stars light has been shinning towards Earth eversince it was made. To see how long it takes for a stars light to reach Earth depends on how distant and huge the star is.
