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Will anything happen if the Earth were to be just 1 cm further away from the Sun?
ImmortalSmoke
It can't. The Earth is like an enormous gyroscope; it cannot tilt more or less without some titanic external force doing it, and the force required would most likely cause catastrophic damage to the planet. The tilt of the Earth does naturally vary slightly over time; this motion is called nutation. It's a fairly complicated motion with many terms; the largest one amounts to a change of about 17 arc-seconds (about 1/200th of a degree) over a period of 18.6 years.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoI assume you mean the hypothetical case that the Earth changes its direction abruptly. Not much would happen. The orbit would change slightly. The Earth may eventually come a little closer from the Sun, or a little farther - but it won't fall into the Sun, or get away from the Sun completely: If it gets a little closer to the Sun (due to the change in direction), its velocity will increase - this will give it enough momentum to get away from the Sun again.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoNo. In the normal pattern of the earth revolving around the sun over the course of a year, it's distance from the sun varies by much, much more than one centimeter (the earth's orbit is not perfectly round - it is an ellipse).
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoAbsolutely nothing. The Earth gets a lot closer to the Sun than an inch during it's orbit.
Wiki User
∙ 6y agoThe degree of change between summer and winter would become greater.
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Over millions of years the moon is moving further away from the earth what will happen to the gravitational attraction between the moon and the earth as the moon gets further away?
As the moon gets further and further away, the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon decreases. Because the Moon is not being attracted but being pushed away from the Earth. If the gravitational force would have increased, the moon would come closer and closer to the Earth.
Is the moon moving closer to the Earth or farther away?
The moon is moving further away by 1.5cm from the Earth every year.
Which planets have a year longer than the Earth?
All the planets further away from the sun than Earth is
What would happen if the moon slowly moved away from earth?
The moon does slowly move away from earth at an estimated two inches every year, it is a possibility that (if you believe in the apocalypse) the cause for the fall of Earth is the moon losing its orbit with earth and drifting away.
Why does the sun look smaller from Mars than from Earth?
Because Mars is farther away from the Sun than the Earth. Anything farther away will look smaller.
Is the moon on a collision course with Earth?
No. If anything, it is getting further away.
Why will Pluto have a longer solar year than earth?
Because it's further away from the Sun. The further away you are from the centre of anything - the longer it takes for you to travel once around it.
Over millions of years the moon is moving further away from the earth what will happen to the gravitational attraction between the moon and the earth as the moon gets further away?
As the moon gets further and further away, the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon decreases. Because the Moon is not being attracted but being pushed away from the Earth. If the gravitational force would have increased, the moon would come closer and closer to the Earth.
What happen to the force of gravity when you get further from the earth?
As you get further away from Earth, the gravitational forces between you and Earth decrease. But the gravitational forces between you and something else might increase, like between you and the moon, or between you and the sun.
Is the sun farther away from the earth in winter?
no, the tilt of the earth means you are further away on the earth
Is earth farther away from the sun in the winter?
no, the tilt of the earth means you are further away on the earth
What will happen if the gravitational force around the sun goes down?
Then the earth, with all of the other planets, will move further away from the sun.
What happens to the strength of this gravitational field as an objects moves further away from Earth?
The further away from the Earth's surface you travel - the weaker the gravitational pull is.
Why does the earth have fall?
The Earth has different seasons because it orbits around the sun making it further away during different times of the year. Earth has fall as it moves further away from the suns energy.
How much further from the Sun is Mars than Earth?
Mars is 78.3 million kilometers further away from the Sun than the Earth is.
Is the moon moving closer to the Earth or farther away?
The moon is moving further away by 1.5cm from the Earth every year.
Why the sun seem smaller then the earth?
It's further away.
