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It's your eye that makes you think that the moon is following you when you're driving.

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Is the moon following us?

The moon is stuck in our gravitational pull, it doesn't exactly follow. Just "tags along"


Why does moon follow us when you drive?

The moon does not actually follow you unless you are driving West. What happens is that the moon is so far away that it gives the illusion that that it is following you because it remains in one place and does not dissappear behind you.


Why stars and moon follow us?

They don't. It's caused by something called an Optical Illusion


Is a car faster than the moon?

no the moon is faster


Why does the moon follow us wherever you move?

The Moon appears to follow us while driving in a car because it is almost a quarter of a million miles away. The houses and telephone poles that flit by your window are only a few dozen feet away and your car zooms past them very quickly indeed. Have you noticed that the most distant trees and farms you can see on the horizon as you motor down I-94 hardly seem to move at all? That's because they are several miles away and stay in your field of vision for many minutes. Our Earth is only about 8 000 miles in diameter and your auto trip is only a few dozens of miles on any one night. But our moon is some 240 000 miles away orbiting around us. The only way to get "past" it would be to fly off the planet in a space ship! The next time you're traveling on a moonlit night, roll up a piece of paper into a narrow tube. Watch the moon through it, staying in the same position in the car, and you'll seem to move past the moon quickly because your field of vision will be very narrow.


Does the moon follow you?

No, the moon orbits the earth. Since the earth is spinning on its axis the moon appears to move across the sky; however, it is us that are moving, not the moon. Also, the reason behind the moon seeming perhaps to follow you as you walk along, is that it's so far away from us, that we do not notice the change in perspective (viewing angle). Theoretically, if you had a telescope powerful enough, you would see a slight difference between the perspective of the moon at, say, one side of a field, and the other. However, this is a tiny difference, which is why our perspective does not change as we travel, giving the impression that it is following us.


What word can follow mill moon and sand?

The word that can follow mill, moon, and sand is "shine."


When was Moon Motor Car created?

Moon Motor Car was created in 1905.


Is there a car on the moon?

They are no cars on the moon because in the moon there is no gravity.


What is a lunar car?

a car on the moon!


When you are in the car riding with my mom the moon seems to follow you why is that?

it is really high in the sky, so you see it wherever you are if you look in the right direction. unless something is blocking it.


Why does the moon appear to be following the car when it's moving?

The moon isn't really moving, the car is just moving around the moon.