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Our only moon, which is called `The Moon`. Our moons average distance from the Earth is 384,399 km (238,854 miles).

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How the moon like earth at night?

Apart from the moon being an astronomical body it is very unlike the earth.


What are all the gases which surround a star or a planet?

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body is called the atmosphere.


What is different about the astronomical body of planet Mercury?

what is unique about the astronomical body of planet Mercury and why is it important in the universe?When was the planet Mercury discovered?


What astronomical event determines the length of the day?

The rotation of the earth causes night and day.


How many people have visited planets?

None have. The only astronomical body outside of Earth that people have visited is the moon. The nearest planet is something like 200 times FARTHER than that.

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Which astronomical body is the closest to earth?

Luna, the Earth's moon.


What is the region surrounding the Earth or other astronomical body's?

The Magnetosphere. Other layers of the Atmosphere include (In order from closest to farthest from Earth) the Troposphere, the Stratosphere, the Mesosphere, the Thermosphere, and last (but not least) the Exosphere.


What is Closest heavenly body of the moon?

The Earth is the closest body to the moon.


Is the moon closest body in space to earth?

Closest big one - all our man made satellites are closer.


One astronomical unit is defined as the distance between the earth and that body?

One astronomical unit (AU) is the distance between the Earth and the Sun.


How the moon like earth at night?

Apart from the moon being an astronomical body it is very unlike the earth.


What is the closest natural body to Earth?

Mars


What astronomical unit is the measure of distance between the earth and what other celestial body?

light year


What are all the gases which surround a star or a planet?

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body is called the atmosphere.


What are the planets between the earth and the moon?

There are no "planets" between the Earth and its Moon (the closest astronomical body to our planet). Earth has no natural satellites other than the Moon, although some Sun-orbiting asteroids (notably 3753 Cruithne) have orbits that intersect the Earth's orbit and have moon-like resonances with Earth and other inner planets.There are two planets whose orbits are between the Earth and the Sun : Mercury and Venus.


All the gases which surround a star or a planet are called what?

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body is called the atmosphere.


Moon is the closest neighbor of the earth?

Yes. The moon is the only natural body close enough to Earth to orbit it.