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What is receding from Earth by half an inch a year?
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The moon
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3 How much does the moon moves away from the earth each year?
The answer is different depending on who you ask. Some astronomer say the moon moves about one centimeter away from Earth each year. Others say about an inch to an inch and a half.
Why is half the year day and half the year night in the Antarctic?
Because of the way Earth is tilted on its axis and rotates around the sun.
What planet has a rotation period of 24 and a half hours but its year is 687 earth days?
the answer is... Mars!
How many days does it take for a Cruise ship to travel around the earth once?
it takes half of a year
About how many rotations does the earth complete in half a year?
One half of 365 is 182.5 or 182 days, 12 hours. That would seem logical but the earth does a complete rotation in 23h and 56min. As it travels around the sun, it has to rotate 4min extra to line up with the sun. As it turns out, the earth rotates 366.25 times in a year, 183.125 in half a year. Watch a star rise. the next night it will rise 4 min earlier.
How does the earth get closer to the moon?
it doesnt the moon is drifting away from earth's gravitational pull by 1 half an inch every year
3 How much does the moon moves away from the earth each year?
The answer is different depending on who you ask. Some astronomer say the moon moves about one centimeter away from Earth each year. Others say about an inch to an inch and a half.
If the moon to recedes at 3.8cm per year how long will it take for it to collide with the earth and what do you think will be the out come?
The Moon is receding, meaning it is moving away from the Earth.
Which enormous desert in Africa is receding every year?
Deserts in Africa are expanding and not receding
How much does a mountain grow a year?
an inch and a half.
Will the moon escape from the earth?
yes, it creeps away from earth at about an inch a year.
What does the term receding mean?
Receding means to go or move back from a prior position, as in flood waters recede from their high point. Receding also refers to gradual diminishing, as in the changes of his having a pro sports career were receding with each passing year.
What year GMC Jimmy has a five and a half inch center cap?
1997
How much hair does a normal human grow?
in a year it grows about half an inch
Is mt everst growing?
yes half an inch a year hope i helped lol!!
What is a length of a crayon?
before or after the three year old eats half of it?
Explain what happens as the moon orbits around the earth?
every year the moon will go back an inch from the earth.
