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Throughout the moon's rotation most of the south-pole-aitken basin stays in what?
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When periods of the moons rotation and revolution are equal what is it called?
It is called synchronous rotation when the rotation and orbit take the same amount of time.
What is the period of rotation and the number of moons on the chart on page 63 in astronomy?
9326
How did Galileo's observations of Jupiter's moons help to show that the geocentric explanation is incorrect?
Jupiter's moons orbited it and thus did not have a the earth as their axis of rotation.
What fraction of the moons of the planets orbit in the same direction that their planets rotate?
Most moons orbit their planet the same way the planet rotates. One of Neptune's moons is very different. That moon goes in the opposite direction of Neptune's rotation.
How long does it take for the moon to make 1 rotation?
27.3217 days. This is known as the moon's sidereal rotation period. The time between full moons is longer because the earth is going around the sun.
What would cause a planet to face the sun throughout the year?
Synchronous rotation or tidal locking. The Moon is in synchronous rotation about the Earth. Most major moons in the solar system have a synchronous rotation.
What is the moons two motions?
Rotation and Revolution.
Why the moons appear at night?
Due to Earth's rotation.
When periods of the moons rotation and revolution are equal what is it called?
It is called synchronous rotation when the rotation and orbit take the same amount of time.
What causes the apparent repeated changes of the moons shape?
The Earth's and Moon's rotation.
Explain the Moons period of rotation versus period of revolution.?
They are precisely equal.
What is the length of the moons rotation?
Same as it's orbital period, about 27.32 days.
What is the result of the moons period of rotation?
how is the crater density used in the relative dating
What is the period of rotation and the number of moons on the chart on page 63 in astronomy?
9326
How do you use the moons movement and phases to tell time?
you use the moons movement and phases to tell time because of the seasons, rotation, and revolution
How did Galileo's observations of Jupiter's moons help to show that the geocentric explanation is incorrect?
Jupiter's moons orbited it and thus did not have a the earth as their axis of rotation.
Why does the moon look different every night.?
because of the rotation of the earth and the moons orbit
