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Is the shadow of the moon always long enough to reach the Earth?
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Yes, the shadow of the moon is always long enough to to reach the earth. In fact the shadow is long enough to reach the earths core.
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How long does it take reflected light from Jupiter to reach the earth?
Jupiter and Earth are not always the same distance apart. At their closest, it would take about 1.96 seconds. At their furthest, about 3.22 seconds.
How long will it take the get the suns heat to earth?
It will take 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach Earth. The actual heat of the sun does not reach all the way out to Earth. The warmth on Earth comes from the conversion of light energy to heat energy.
Do asteroids comets and meteoroids pose danger to earth?
Meteoroids generally do not pose much of a risk as they are generally small enough to burn up in the atmosphere, and do not reach the surface. Asteroids and comets are larger and can cause potentially catastrophic damage if they strike Earth.
When does Earth reach perihelion with the Sun?
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What must a rocket overcome in order to reach orbit?
If you want something to orbit the earth, then you have to throw it at superhuman speed. Actually, on roller coasters, you sometimes feel like you are floating out of your seat. If it wasn't for your seatbelt, you could've orbited the earth!
In a lunar eclispe the Earth is between the moon and what?
the earth is between the moon and the sun. so that the solar light cant reach the moon that is in the earth's shadow, and becomes dark.
Does the sun's heat reach Earth?
yes that is why it is warm enough to support life on earth. Also that is why people get sun burned.
Is a total solar eclipse visible from all spotes on earth?
No. The moon is so small that by the time its shadow reaches the earth, it has tapered down considerably. (Sometimes the shadow doesn't even reach all the way to earth; that's when the solar eclipse is 'annular'.) Best case, the moon's shadow is a spot on the earth about 120 miles across. The longest that any one place on earth can be in it (longest view of totality) is about 7-1/2 minutes, until the shadow moves away from where you're standing.
Where does all the shadows lit with the sun go?
To answer this, you must first understand that a SHADOW and LIGHT are two different things. Light is what is given off by the sun, for example, and is something you can see. When there is no light, you see a shadow. So, when you look at a shadow, you are actually looking at a place where there is not enough light, so it appears dark. When the sun gives off light to, say, the Earth, the side that isn't facing the sun doesn't receive light, so the entire area is covered in a giant shadow (the side that doesn't receive light is experiencing night time). If you were on another planet that faced the dark side of earth, you wouldn't be able to see it mostly because you would be facing the shadow, not the lit region. So, why doesn't the earth cast a shadow? You must remember that the sun is VERY large and VERY bright - bright enough to shed light on even the farthest planets in our solar system. The sun releases light waves - long rays of light energy that travel in every direction away from the sun. Light rays have the ability to bend, too, if they have enough room to do so. The earth is ridiculously small compared to the sun, so, even though the earth should cast a shadow, the light rays are powerful enough that, by the time they reach your eyes, they are powerful enough and bend enough to illuminate the area the earth is blocking. If you don't understand it, try this: Turn on a flash light and face it toward a wall. Pretend the flashlight is the sun. Hold up one finger in front of the light beam. Make sure to keep your finger closer to the flashlight than to the wall. Your finger casts a shadow across the wall. Even though there is a shadow, you can still see the wall - the shadow is not entirely black. This is because, in the space between your finger and the wall, the light had enough room to bend and light up the shadow a bit. Now try moving your finger closer to the wall. The shadow gets darker, because now the light doesn't have enough room to bend and light up that area. I hope you understand because there is one last point we need to cover: If you are on a planet, like Mars, you won't see Earth's shadow because the light bent around it and lit it up. If you are on a space ship, however, and are close enough to the earth, the light won't bend enough to reach your eyes, and you'll see the dark side of the earth, and it will cast a shadow on you as well. You must also remember that space isn't something you can touch - space is actually nothingness (not to be confused with air, because air is a gas. Wave your hand around right now - you're waving it through the air. There's actually stuff around you right now, but space doesn't even have air!). Since you can't cast a shadow on NOTHINGNESS, you won't find a shadow of the earth floating in space - you'll only see a shadow on something that is actually there, like on a planet or space ship. In short, the shadows the sun makes disappear over a long distance because light waves bend over the shadow and light it up anyway. So, there's you answer.
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The space behind an opaque object where light doesn't reach?
shadow
Does the earth or sun cast a shodow on the moon?
The sun is the big flashlight that lights up everything it can reach. The earth is the thing that gets in the way of the flashlight, & can darken the moon if the moon passes through its shadow.
Is it possible to have a total lunar eclipse when the moon and sun are both at their maximum distances?
No. If the Moon is close to apogee (the farthest distance from the Earth), then the Moon's umbra doesn't reach all the way to the Earth. (The umbra is the cone of total shadow. When the total shadow hits the Earth, we have a total eclipse.) So when the Moon is near apogee, we get annular, or "ring of fire", eclipses.
Why couldn't E.T. phone home?
Earth telephone systems do not travel fast enough to reach ET's home planet.
Does magma always reach the Earth's surface?
no sometimes it cools under earth's surface. that is called intrusive igneous rocks. when it reaches earth's surface and cools its called extrusive igneous rocks.
Does it take 215 or 2000 or 2000000 or 20000000 for the sun to reach the earth?
The Sun won't reach the Earth any time soon.The sunlight takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth.The Sun won't reach the Earth any time soon.The sunlight takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth.The Sun won't reach the Earth any time soon.The sunlight takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth.The Sun won't reach the Earth any time soon.The sunlight takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth.
What makes Dallol Ethiopia the hottest place on earth?
Cause to the topographical positions surrounded with high mountains and sand dunes the temperature in the shadow can reach 95 Fahrenheit and 136 Fahrenheit on the ground.
