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How many moons can fit between mercury and the sun?
The average distance is 57.9 million kilometres.
How close does the moon get to the sun?
The moons distance from Earth varies during its orbit, but is around 363,100 km or 225,620 miles at its closest (Perigee). Although this seems quite far, its only a small distance when compared to the Earth sun distance, which is 147,098,290km or 91,402,600 miles at its closest. So the moons closest distance to the sun will be around 146,735,200km.
What is Callisto's distance from the sun?
Callisto's average distance from the sun is about 1,882,700,000 kilometers. It is the second farthest of Jupiter's four largest moons.
How many moons do the suns have?
The Sun has no moons. Moons orbit Planets > Planets orbit the Sun.
Do the densities of the Galilean moons increase with distance from Jupiter just as the densities of the planets increase with distance from the Sun?
To answer the question very literally: Yes. The Galilean satellites follow the same pattern of density versus increasing distance from Jupiter that the planets' density follows versus distance from the sun. The specific pattern is: No pattern at all. Earth ... 3rd from the sun ... is the most dense planet, while Saturn ... 6th planet from the sun ... is the least dense. So there is no "just as" to compare to.
How many numbers of moons are on the sun?
There are no moons on the sun.
Out of callisto and ganymede which is closest to the sun?
Both of these are moons of Jupiter. Because they orbit Jupiter both have the same distance from the Sun more or less.
Do moons and asteroids orbit the sun?
Asteroids orbit the sun. Moons orbit planets and planets orbit the sun. So you could say the moons orbit the sun. However, moons are kept in their orbits by the gravity of their planet and planets are kept in orbit by the gravity of the sun. So in that sense, moons do not orbit the sun.
How far is ganymede from the sun in au?
Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons, orbits at an average distance of about 778 million kilometers (484 million miles) from the Sun. This distance translates to approximately 5.2 astronomical units (AU), where 1 AU is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun.
What is the distance of jupiters moons in astronomical units?
Answer: you would have to be specific there are a lot of moons orbitting Jupiter Answer: The distance from Earth to Jupiter's moons is the same as the distance from Earth to Jupiter. The distance from Jupiter to its moons is insignificant, and can be ignored.
Why does the moons distance from earth very in a cyclic matter?
The moon is under the influence of both the Earth's and the Sun's gravitational pull.
Are the planets like moons to the sun?
The planets are satellites of the sun. The moons are satellites of the planets. The moons revolve around the planets captured by their gravity, while the planets revolve around the sun captured by its gravity and the sun.
