They are both circles, they both have earth circling them and they are both in space.(:!
A lot of basalt, a common volcanic rock. This might be #1 among things the earth and moon share in common.
The milky way galaxy
* All bigger that Earth * All gas giants * All have more than one moon * All have rings
When the earth is between the moon and the sun, a full moon occurs. In the less common instance when the Earth is between the moon and the sun and all three are in line, a lunar eclipse occurs.
1.Revolution (the earth and moon revolve around their common centre of mass) 2.Rotation. (the moon rotates around its own axis 3. The moon orbits the sun in company with the earth.
A lot of basalt, a common volcanic rock. This might be #1 among things the earth and moon share in common.
The milky way galaxy
* All bigger that Earth * All gas giants * All have more than one moon * All have rings
When the earth is between the moon and the sun, a full moon occurs. In the less common instance when the Earth is between the moon and the sun and all three are in line, a lunar eclipse occurs.
they are all spherical in shape
Ummmm.... No. The Moon orbits the Earth. The Earth orbits the Sun. The Sun orbits the center of the galaxy. Light things in orbit, heavier things in the center of the orbit. Well not exactly, they revolve around their common center of mass. This may or may not be at the exact center as far as distance. The common center of mass of the Moon and the Earth is located inside the earth, but not at the center of the Earth.
1.Revolution (the earth and moon revolve around their common centre of mass) 2.Rotation. (the moon rotates around its own axis 3. The moon orbits the sun in company with the earth.
the one thing i know the moon does is affect the water tides (Low & High)
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Nothing. Mercury does not have a moon.
the moon is the closest to the earth
It's stuck in the Earth gravitaional pull.Another answer:Because the Earth has a gravitational pull on the moon. Actually, the Earth and moon revolve around each other common center of gravity. Without the Earth in it's way the moon would just head off in a straight line. Instead, as the moon tries to move away, the Earth does two remarkable things. One, it pulls the moon towards Earth, and two, the Earth moves out of the moon's way.