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In terms of the earth, there is only one moon orbiting around it. In terms of other planets, some planets, like Mars or Venus and Murcury have no moons. Other's like all the Gas Giants have more than one moon orbiting it.
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How can a planet have more than 1 moon?
If the gravitational pull is strong enough it can keep those moons orbiting around it using inertia.
What planet has the most moons orbiting around it?
Jupiter. It has 15 and more.
Is Pluto a moon or a planet?
no it's a dwarf planet I would think that it is a dwarf planet, but its moon, Sharon, is nearly as big as it, so some MAY argue that Sharon is a dwarf planet and Pluto is the moon, but considering Pluto is slightly bigger than Sharon, I would think that Sharon would orbit Pluto rather than Pluto orbiting Sharon.
What planet is the only inner planet with more than one moon?
none of them have more than 1 moon
Do an extrasolar planet and its parent star orbit around their center of mass at the same speed?
No. Since a star is much more massive than any planet orbiting it the star will move much slower.
How can a planet have more than 1 moon?
If the gravitational pull is strong enough it can keep those moons orbiting around it using inertia.
What is a moon a star or not?
The moon is not a star. The moon is a solid, cold object orbiting a planet, and if it were orbiting alone it is large enough to be considered a planet by itself. A star is a massive ball of gas heated by internal fusion reactions, and weighs millions of times more than the moon.
What planet has the most moons orbiting around it?
Jupiter. It has 15 and more.
An object that revoles around another object?
The one doing the revolving is the "orbiting object". It doesn't usually get more specific than that, unless one is referring to a moon or man-made object in orbit around a planet. Those are called satellites. Other orbiting objects include the planets of a solar system around their sun, and the electrons of an atom around its nucleus.
Why do astronomers sometimes consider Pluto and its moon Charon to a double planet?
Charon (1,206 km diameter) is more than half the size of Pluto (diameter 2,274 km). When two objects orbit, like a planet and its moon, they orbit around the shared center of mass, called the barycenter. In most cases, the planet is so much heavier than its moon that the shared center is actually inside the planet, so it's correct to say the moon is orbiting around the planet. In the case of Pluto and Charon, the barycenter is in between the two bodies. This is the reason for calling it a double planet, because neither one really goes around the other, they circle that common center.
What takes longer to orbit the Sun the Moon or the Earth?
Technically, the moon isn't orbiting the sun. The moon is orbiting the Earth that is orbiting the sun. I guess someone should have paid more attention in elementary school!!!
Is the moon a planet in space?
No. The moon is more of a sattelite than a planet.
Is Pluto a moon or a planet?
no it's a dwarf planet I would think that it is a dwarf planet, but its moon, Sharon, is nearly as big as it, so some MAY argue that Sharon is a dwarf planet and Pluto is the moon, but considering Pluto is slightly bigger than Sharon, I would think that Sharon would orbit Pluto rather than Pluto orbiting Sharon.
Why does the moon orbit the earth intead of the earth orbiting the moon?
The mass of the earth is over 80 times the mass of the moon. A massive object will tend to capture less massive objects in its gravitational field.____________But consider this: if the moon happened to be the same general size and mass as earth, which would orbit which? You would observe them each orbiting around an invisible spot half way between them, their 'system' center of gravity otherwise called the 'barycenter'. They would effectively be orbiting around each other. As the moon becomes less massive, what determines the 'cut-off' between orbiting around each other and the smaller orbiting the larger? In fact it is still true that earth and moon are each orbiting their barycenter. Interestingly, the barycenter in this case is within the body of the earth, because the earth is so much more massive than the earth.
What planet is the only inner planet with more than one moon?
none of them have more than 1 moon
Do an extrasolar planet and its parent star orbit around their center of mass at the same speed?
No. Since a star is much more massive than any planet orbiting it the star will move much slower.
Can you prove the moon goes round the earth?
Yes Yes, you can because the N.A.S.A prgram has a satellite in space and they can monitor the planets and the moon, so yes you can prove that the moon goes around the earth and the moon is always in the sky every night. =]]] Depends from where you look. According to the Einstein's theory of relativity ... If you stand on the moon, you will find the earth orbiting the moon and so the other heavenly bodies... BUT Earth, being greater in mass... almost 5 times more than our moon ... the total gravitational force of earth is more than that of the moon... almost 5 times more... Hence we consider that the moon is orbiting the earth. Because, generally, More the mass, more stable the object. So if we consider that the earth, having 5 times more mass than moon, as stable or stationary... We conclude that the moon orbits the earth.... But I feel Einstein's Theory of relativity more accurate. Also if we view the phenomenon from the sun, we will find that the moon orbiting the earth, because earth is orbiting the sun...IF WE ASSUME THAT TOO.........ACCORDING TO THE MORE MASS ... MORE STABILITY TECHNIQUE.
