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Mutual gravitational attraction between the Earth and moon keep the moon in orbit. Conservation of angular momentum may also be considered to play a role.
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What causes the moon to orbit around the sun?
the moon doesent orbit the sun, the earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the earth.
When does the moon orbit earth?
The moon is in constant orbit around the earth, all the time.
How long does it take the moon to orbit in earth days?
It takes the Moon about 27.3 Earth days to orbit around the Earth.
Does the earth orbit around the sun and moon?
No. The moon revolves around Earth, and Earth revolves around the sun.
Is the orbit of moon around the earth is elliptical or round?
As seen by an observer on the Earth, the Moon's apparent orbit is distinctly elliptical. The orbit is subject to many perturbations and variations because of the Earth's elliptical motion around the Sun, and the fluid tidal envelope sloshing around the Earth. The eccentricity of the Moon's orbit varies between 0.026 and 0.077 .
What causes the moon to orbit around the sun?
the moon doesent orbit the sun, the earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the earth.
What force is responsible for the moon orbiting around the earth and earth orbiting around the sun?
The force of gravity causes the moon to orbit the Earth, and the Earth to orbit the sun.
What causes the moon to orbit earth and earth to revolve around the sun?
Gravity
What is it called when the moon moves around the earth?
This is called its orbit. Strictly, the moon and the earth both orbit their common centre of mass. The path of the moon around Earth is elliptical orbit. It takes about 29 days to complete one orbit of earth by moon.
What causes the moon to orbit the sun?
Nothing does.Simply because the moon does not orbit the sun.The moon orbits Earth, not the sun. And Earth orbits the sun.Gravity is what causes planets and moons to orbit.
Can the moon orbit around the sun?
The moon does orbit the Sun. Locked in orbit around the Earth, as the Earth orbits the Sun, the moon orbits the Sun.
When does the moon orbit earth?
The moon is in constant orbit around the earth, all the time.
What causes the Moon to revolve around Earth?
The gravitational pull of the earth and the gravitation of the moon both contribute to make the moon orbit Earth. In a similar fashion, Earth orbits around the sun due to gravitational pull.
Does the moon move around earth?
Yes. The moon orbits the Earth. Yes The moon orbits the earth. It is also coincidental that as it does so it revolves on its own axis once whic causes the same face of the moom to always face the earth.
What causes the moon to revolve around earth in an ellipse-shaped orbit?
The gravitational attraction of the earth on the moon. The ellipse including a circle indicates a captured orbit. If the moon was not captured it could travel the path of a parabola or Hyperbola.
Is the earths orbit around the sun a cause of the phases of the moon?
No. The moon's orbit around the earth is.
How long does the moon's orbit last?
The moon's orbit around the Earth lasts 27.32 days. That's around 4 weeks. Its orbit around the Earth is elliptic.
