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What is the orbital far point called?
For objects in orbit around the sun, it's the aphelion. For objects in Earth orbit, it's the 'apogee', and in orbit around the moon, it's the 'apolune'.
What lunar phase hides the moon from the earth?
New Moon. During this moon phase the sun is shining fully on the moon's far side and the near side remains dark. The only time it is visible from Earth is when a solar eclipse occurs.
What is the orbital far point?
Apogee
Why do annular solar eclipses happen?
An annular eclipse occurs when the Sun and Moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun. This is because the distance of the moon from earth varies. The Sun appears as a very bright ring, or annulus, surrounding the outline of the Moon.
Why do we only see the ''near side'' of the moon and never the far side?
The moon spins at the same speed that it orbits the earth so we always see the same side.
Is the moon apogee near to or far from the earth?
"Apogee" means the point in the moon's orbit where it's farthest from earth.
How far is the earth from the moon at perigee At apogee?
its closer at perigee than at apogee.
When the moon is at apogee how far away from the earth?
252,088 miles
What is meant by apogee and pengee?
Apogee means Far from the earth..... It's not Pengee its Perigee... Perigee means near from the earth...
When the moon is at apogee it is how far away from earth?
right answer is-252,088 miles
Is a moon at apogee near to or far from the earth?
At Apogee it is furthest from the Earth. At Perigee it is nearest to the Earth. The mean distance of the moon from the Earth is 242,000 miles. However, the Moon moves in an ellipsoid path., with the Earth at one of the foci of the ellipse. Also its orbit is not co-planar with the Earth's orbit about the Sun, but slightly angled. As a consequence the Moon appears to move faster/slower during the lunar month, and, phases discounted, appears to be larger/smaller. Because of non-co-planarity we do not see a lunar/solar eclipse every months.
Is the moon at apogee near or far away from earth?
The word "apogee" is used to describe the farthest point away from Earth, while perigee is the closest point to Earth. This is used to describe the parameters of satellite orbits around the Earth. Both values may change due to gravitational variations.The word apogee is the adaptation of the term apsis which is the term for a farthest distance from some object, with gee (geo) meaning Earth.
What is the orbital far point called?
For objects in orbit around the sun, it's the aphelion. For objects in Earth orbit, it's the 'apogee', and in orbit around the moon, it's the 'apolune'.
What is the farthest point from earth in the Moon's orbit?
At furthest apogee the Moon is 406700 km from the Earth (according to Wikipedia - I do not know if this is from the geometric center of the East to the geometric center of the Moon, from the barycenter of the Earth/Moon system, or from the surfaces of these bodies,)If the 406700 km is the geometric center's distances you add 4 600 km: (the radius of the Earth 6 378 km minus the Moon's radius 1 738 km to get the distance from the far side of the Earth to the near side of the Moon) 402 100 kmApoluneThe crossword answer asked for a seven letter solution,and apogee and apoapsis did not fit,so the correct answer is apolune
How far do you have to be to see whole side of earth?
you have to be near the moon
When the Moon is at apogee it is how far away from the Earth?
It varies with each lunar orbit. However, a mean distance is approximately 225,000 miles. Like the Earth and the Sun, the Moob orbits the Earth in an ellipse (NOT a circle). The Earth being at one of the foci of the ellipse. This ellipse can vary between a very narrow ellipse to nearly circular; it is normal Newtonian mechanics. As a consequence of this variability the apogee and perigee can vary too.
Why can you not stand on earth and see the far side of the moon?
The Moon is tidally locked to Earth; the Moon's "day" and the Moon's month are the same length. So the "near side" of the Moon always faces the Earth, and the "far side" always faces away from Earth.
