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Who were first people to see the light and dark sides of Earth?
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There is No light and dark side to the Earth. The Earth rotates in 24 hours, every day. You are Probably thinking of the Moon. The Moon has a light and dark side, because only one side always faces the Earth, and the other side always faces away from the Earth. The first human beings were the first people to see the light side of the Moon. The Russians sent a satellite to orbit the Moon in the 1950s and they were the first people to see images of the dark side of the Moon. On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 (USA) with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and John Anders orbited the Moon and they saw it's dark side. They read from The Bible, wished Everyone a Merry Christmas, and then they returned to the Earth.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoOgg the caveman, who went out in the day and saw the light side, then went out at night and saw the dark side.
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What causes the earth to have periods of light and darkness?
The rotation. When the earth rotates, sides of it don't see the sun. Which are like sunsets and sunrises. The earth is rotating which takes away light and gives light.
How many sides does the earth have?
The Earth is a spheroid; it has no sides.
Why do you change from day time to night time every 12 hours?
It is not like that. Earth revolves around the sun and Earth is sphere and when suns rays fall on earth the half earth gets light but half did not get it. Since Earth rotates about its own axis slowly the half sides gets alternately as 12hours and 24 hours as a day. In one day 12hours get half Earth light and next 12 half night that is no light
Why does the moon have a dark side when viewed from earth?
Because the bright and dark sides are caused by what direction the sun is shining on the moon. We see the sun from a different angle and so see it as have light and dark sides.
How many light years to the Saturn?
The distance from the Earth to Saturn varies - depending on whether both planets are on the same or opposite sides of the sun. At their nearest the distance is approx 0.000127 light years.
Which state is bounded on three sides by water and was the site of the first US earth satellite launch?
new york
What is a preumbra?
The sun shines light on both the moon and the Earth. When it shines light on one side of either one, they cast a shadow in space. During an eclipse, the shadow of either the moon or the earth gets cast on the other one. For example, during a solar eclipse the sun, moon, and earth have to be aligned Sun - Moon- Earth. The sun shines light on the moon and the moon's shadow gets cast on the Earth. The middle of the shadow where an observer can't see any light is the umbra. The sides of the shadow where you can see partial light is the preumbra.
Why earth is half overed with light and half in darkness everytme?
There's only one source of light that's strong enough and close enough to really light up the surface of the Earth and that's the Sun. And with only one light source, you can't have light on both sides of an object at the same time. When there's a full moon and clear skies, the moon will reflect light from the sun onto the otherwise dark side of the Earth, but that reflected light will be a lot weaker than the direct sunlight that the day side is getting.
What did most people on both sides think Before the first battle of the Civil War?
The prevailing opinion of the people from both sides was that the war would be short and nearly bloodless.
2003 Chevy truck turn blinker right both sides come on?
Sounds like a bad earth connection around the rear light cluster.
What makes cn tower unique?
Until last year it was the LARGEST standing structure on earth. It also has cool light that run around the sides and the top.
How long would it take a laser beam to hit mars from earth orbit?
It depends on where Earth and Mars are in their orbits. Since Mars takes longer to orbit the sun than Earth does the distance between the two planets varies considerably. When Earth and Mars are closest a beam of light will take about 4 minutes to reach Mars from Earth. When they are farthest (on opposite sides of the sun) a bean of light would take about 12 minutes.
