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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 moon move away from the earth each year when the earths gravity was supposed to pull the moon back?
This one's slightly complicated, so bear with me! I find diagrams help a lot, so since I can't put them in here, get a pencil and paper out and see if you can sketch what's going on in steps 1-4 if it helps you understand. 1) The Moon's gravity causes tides on Earth. In theory, the tidal bulge (where the water piles up) should be directly under the Moon. 2) However, Earth is spinning, which carries the tidal bulge forward a bit. So in reality, the tidal bulge is slightly ahead of the Moon. 3) The tidal bulge has a very small gravitational pull of its own, which pulls the Moon forwards in its orbit. This causes the Moon to speed up. 4) Newton's laws show that anything in an orbit that speeds up will move out higher into a bigger orbit, so the Moon gradually moves away. This effect isn't much, only about 3cm a year - that's about the same speed the plates drift across the Earth, or that your fingernails grow. However, it does mean that when the Moon formed, around 4.6 billion years ago, it was 20 times closer to Earth than it is now! This has even more implications, however: 5) At the same time as the bulge pulls the Moon forward and speeds it up, the Moon pulls the tidal bulge backwards, and slows it down. Friction between the ocean and the Earth beneath causes the Earth's rotation to slow down, too. So in effect, energy is being transferred from Earth to the Moon. Earth slows down, the Moon speeds up, and moves further away.
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.
What is bigger the diameter of the sun or the distance between earth and moon?
The diameter of the Sun is much larger than the distance between the Earth and the Moon. The diameter of the Sun is about 1.4 million kilometers, while the average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 384,400 kilometers.
Why does the sun exert a bigger force on the earth than on the moon?
The force of gravity between two objects depends on their masses and distance. The sun exerts a bigger force on the Earth because the Earth has a much larger mass compared to the Moon. Additionally, the distance between the Earth and the sun is much closer than the distance between the Moon and the sun.
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.
What is the ratio of force of attraction between sun and moon and the force of attraction between earth and moon?
The force of attraction between two objects is described by Newton's law of universal gravitation, which states that the force is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The Sun's mass is significantly greater than that of the Earth, which means the gravitational attraction between the Sun and the Moon is much stronger than that between the Earth and the Moon. However, the distance from the Moon to the Earth is much smaller than the distance from the Moon to the Sun, which also plays a crucial role. Overall, the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon is approximately 180 times stronger than that between the Sun and the Moon.
Is the moon closer to earth or is mars?
The Earth's distance from the moon or Mars is always changing. The closest the moon can get to Earth is 225,622 miles. The farthest it can get is 252,088 miles. The closest possible distance from Earth to Mars is 33.9 million miles. Therefore the Earth is always much closer to the moon than Mars, no matter where they are in orbit.
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.
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 the Moon have a greater influence on Earth's tides than the Sun does?
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