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Why does Haley's commet pass the earth every 75 years?
Every 76 years, but the orbit of a comet is susceptible to gravitational disturbances from nearby masses out toward the other end of its orbit.
Why does earth's gravity pull the moon tworads it?
It is the nature of the gravitational force to attract things. The moon is in free fall around the Earth, as is the Earth around the Moon. They don't collide because they have significant angular momentum. This causes them to 'miss' each other constantly. However the Moon is actually receding from Earth. This is because the tidal motion on Earth robs the Moon of energy so its orbit is increasing. At the same time the speed of Earth's rotation is also decreasing. In the end this effect will stabilize with the Moon's period of rotation around the Earth being equal to a day on Earth.
What happens to all the space debris and is there a danger from it?
A lot of the debris close to earth will end up coming back to the planet eventually, most of it will burn up in the atmosphere. It's not really dangerous to us on earth, but will present some danger to things in space, particularly close to the earth as more space debris accumulates.
How high is space from the earth?
Average orbit, 340 kilometers, or 210 miles. It drops about 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) per month, so every time the Space Shuttle links up with it, the Shuttle boosts it up about 10 miles or so. this will not help any one becase its wrong
Why dont you have an eclipe of the moon every month?
eclipses are actually very rare and are basically a miracle they occure. since the earth is spinning around the sun and the moon is spinning around the earth at the same time its rare that they end up covering the light from the sun. simple terms...sun gives off tons of light towards earth, moon is spinning and so is earth, and the moon is REALLY far away, and somehow the moon manages to get stuck in the earths shadow and vice versa
Will there be an end to your world?
Yes, at some point all good things must come to an end. But not anytime soon will earth end.
How many days does it take Earth to orbit the Sun to the nerest whole number?
Actually,It might take a few Light years.Some people say that the Earth will end in 2012.Its not true,Well nobody knows if the world will end.If you believe that the Earth will not end, then it might not end!If you would like the Earth to end just wait about 60yrs or something,because mostly some people don't want the earth to end.
Is the earth going end or not?
Eventually it will. However, no one knows how or when that will be.Yes, the earth will at some point, come to an end. No one knows when, but all things created and formed have an inevitable end to meet, and the planet earth is no exception.
Where does the earth travel fast?
The Earth travels around the sun in an orbit that is in an elliptical (oval) shape. The sun is not in the center of the oval, but nearer to one end. The point in Earth's orbit when it is closest to the sun is called the perihelion, and that is also the point when the Earth is traveling fastest in its orbit. Where it is furthest from the sun (aphelion) is where it is traveling slowest.
Can the earth lose orbit?
no God wont end the world that way. without the sun there is no life
When does life on planet earth will come to an end?
In 5 billion years when the sun grows to swallow the Earth's orbit or gets to the size where it scorches the surface.
Why does Haley's commet pass the earth every 75 years?
Every 76 years, but the orbit of a comet is susceptible to gravitational disturbances from nearby masses out toward the other end of its orbit.
What are the tiny things at the end of insects legs?
It has some tiny things on the end.
How can one make a spoon dropped from a satellite revolving around the earth land on earth?
If you have a lot of time, and a huge amount of expendable cash, you can place a reasonably massive satellite in orbit under the spoon. Over time the satellite's gravity will pull the spoon's orbit lower and lower. Eventually the spoon's orbit will decay and it will drop toward earth. Just wait. It will end up on Earth eventually. The satellite is already in orbit and will eventually fall into the atmosphere. Anything that falls off the satellite is going to eventually go 'down' to Earth.
What will happen at the end of time?
Basically, the sun would get to close to the earth causing it to burn, or the power could push the moon out of orbit causing it to hit earth and could destroy every living human being on earth.
What would happen if the planets do not have their own orbit in space?
Many things, the most significant one would be that all life on the planet would die. The very particular orbit around the sun is what maintains the optimum temperature for life to survive on Earth. If you're not so concerned with life, but rather with the planet itself, a lack of orbit may still be rather problematic. Whilst space is very big (to quote Douglas Adams), there also is a lot of things in it which could spell an abrupt end to a planetary body without an orbit. For example, if Earth's orbit got disrupted or disappeared altogether it would simply spin off into the depths of space. Blackholes, stars, nebula, other planets, asteroids, comets etc whose paths would not have crossed with the Earth could now become targets, it wouldn't end well. Of course the real answer is that we don't know, but space is large and dangerous and the fact that we're living at all is an astronomically small chance. Change any number of factors, like temperature, atmosphere, gravity etc could lead to the end of civilisation on Earth and probably it's destruction - so having no orbit wouldn't bode well at all.
When did Orbit Science Fiction end?
Orbit Science Fiction ended in 1954.
