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Except for meteors, The Moon is, generally, the closest natural object in space to the Earth.
Usually. On rare occasions, small asteroids zip by the Earth somewhat closer to Earth than the Moon is - and occasionally, a LOT closer. There was an asteroid in late 2009 that passed by the Earth at a distance of less than 100,000 miles. In 2029 and again in 2037, the asteroid Apophis will pass by the Earth at a distance of under 20,000 miles.
If we include meteoroids, then no. Every day, the Earth is struck by tens of thousands of asteroids, and there are probably hundreds of thousands more that missed by some fairly small distance.
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What keeps the moon from shooting out into space?
The gravitational pull of the earth. Gravity from the Earth pulls the moon towards it.
What similarities between earth and moon?
They are both in space
What astronauts orbited space?
Nobody has orbited space but some have orbited the earth and the moon.
Where is the sun earth and moon during the spring tide?
In space.
Where is titan?
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere and the only object other than Earth for which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.
What object in space is closest to the earth?
The closest natural object to Earth is the moon.
What is a correct statement about the moon?
The Moon is the closest object in space to Earth. Earth's moon is of particular importance to us because it is the closest object to Earth in space. And it is the only extraterrestrial object that has been visited by astronauts.
Is the moon the nearest planet to the sun?
No. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. The moon is not a planet and is the closest object in space to Earth.
From Earth why does the moon appear to be the largest object in the sky?
The moon is the closest object to Earth.
What in outer space is closest to earth?
The moon is the closest thing in outer space to the earth.
What object is closest to the earth in all three system?
the moon is the closest to the earth
Which object in the solar system is closest to Earth?
the object that is nearest to earth is moon
What is the closest adjacent object to earth?
moon
Earth's closest neiborb in space is the?
MOON
What is the closest neighbour of the Earth in space?
MOON
Why is moon the brightest thing in the sky after the sun?
The moon is closer to Earth than any other object in space, so we get a great deal of the light it reflects. The next closest major object on its closest approach is Venus, which, even at its closest, is about 100 times farther away than the moon.
What is the close space object to earth?
moon
