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the Moon moves about 3.8 cm away from the earth each year
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∙ 13y agoHey buddy I think that there's a better answer for your question on the following posted below under related links, Vitsy forum
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∙ 7y agoThe average orbital distance is roughly 250,000 miles.
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∙ 14y agoNot very fast. About 5 cm per century.
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Why does the moon orbit the earth intead of the earth orbiting the moon?
The mass of the earth is over 80 times the mass of the moon. A massive object will tend to capture less massive objects in its gravitational field.____________But consider this: if the moon happened to be the same general size and mass as earth, which would orbit which? You would observe them each orbiting around an invisible spot half way between them, their 'system' center of gravity otherwise called the 'barycenter'. They would effectively be orbiting around each other. As the moon becomes less massive, what determines the 'cut-off' between orbiting around each other and the smaller orbiting the larger? In fact it is still true that earth and moon are each orbiting their barycenter. Interestingly, the barycenter in this case is within the body of the earth, because the earth is so much more massive than the earth.
Would people weigh heavier on the moon?
The moon's gravity is 1/6 the force of Earth's gravity, so you would weight 1/6 as much on the moon than on the Earth. For example, if you were 120 kg on Earth, you would be 20 kg on the Moon. (120 / 6 = 20)
Why do objects weigh less on the Moon than on Earth-?
It is because there is less gravitational force on the moon.
How much time does the moon takes to revolve around the earth?
The moon's synodic period, the time it takes to come back to the same phase relative to the Earth and Sun, varies but, on average, is 29.53 days.
Why does the earth experience high and low tides?
The gravitational effect of the moon causes both the high tide and low tides. The gravity of the moon attracts water which then is attracted by the much powerful force of the earth. These gravitational forces cause low and high tides.
Is it posseble for the sun to be found between Earth and the moon?
The distance from Earth to the sun is much greater than from Earth to the moon. It is not possible that the sun would be between Earth and the moon.
How much is 0.0000000406?
the distance between Earth and the Moon in light years.
Which is closer to New York the moon or Paris and is any distance on Earth greater than the distance to the moon?
Paris. The moon is about 220,000 miles away from Earth. Earth's circumference is about 25,000 miles. Paris is much closer to New York (3,636 miles) then the moon (238,857 miles). No distance between two places on Earth is greater than the distance to the moon. The circumference of the Earth is only 24,901 miles so that's pretty much the furthest you can go between two points on Earth. The distance to the moon as mentioned is over 238,857 miles.
How much farther is the sun from earth than the moon from earth?
Find the distance from the earth to the moon, then the the distance from the earth to the sun, and simply subtract the both.
Earth is how many times the diameter of the moon?
Earth and Moon to Scale. 1 pixel = 600 kilometers. The average distance between Earth and Moon is approximately 30 times Earth's diameter. moon is also much much smaller than many other planets.
Why is a person lighter on the moon that on Earth?
Because your weight depends on the mass of whatever other body is near you, and your distance from it. The moon has much less mass than the earth has, so the force between you and the moon when you're on it is much less than the force between you and the earth when you're on it.
What is the distance form the earth's moon to the sun?
It's about a quarter million miles greater or less than the distance of the earth to the sun. That's because at times the moon is "between" the earth and the sun and is closer to the sun, and at other times the moon is on the "far side" of the earth from the sun. The distance to the sun from earth varies from about 147 million to 152 million kilometers. The moon is from about 363,000 to 405,000 kilometers from the earth. The distance from the earth to the moon isn't much when compared to the distance to our local star.
Where is the moon located during an annular eclipse?
No - the Earth's shadow (at the distance of the Moon) is much larger than the diameter of the Moon.No - the Earth's shadow (at the distance of the Moon) is much larger than the diameter of the Moon.No - the Earth's shadow (at the distance of the Moon) is much larger than the diameter of the Moon.No - the Earth's shadow (at the distance of the Moon) is much larger than the diameter of the Moon.
Why does it take the same time as the light from the sun to reach earth as it does for the moon?
It doesn't always do that. At some points in the Moon's orbit around the Earth, the distance from the Sun to the Moon and Earth is the same. At other points, the Moon is either closer or farther away from the Sun. But either way the distance between the Moon and Earth is so much smaller than the distance between the Sun and the Moon, that the difference in time becomes really, really tiny in comparison.
Why does the Moon have a greater influence on Earth's tides than the Sun does?
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Why are things lighter on the moon than on earth?
Because your weight depends on the mass of whatever other body is near you, and your distance from it. The moon has much less mass than the earth has, so the force between you and the moon when you're on it is much less than the force between you and the earth when you're on it.
How much farther is the Sun from the Moon than the Earth?
The Earth and the Moon are an average of 384,000 kilometers apart. The Sun is always more than 350 times farther from either the Earth or the Moon, and usually more than 400 times as far. The Earth-Moon system orbits about 150,000,000 kilometers from the Sun. The Earth-Moon distance is between 362,570 and 405,410 kilometers. The Moon-Sun distance is between and 146,688,000 and 152,508,000 kilometers.
