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The Moon is not within the Earth's atmosphere. The Moon is at a distance of about 380,000 km.; the Earth's atmosphere doesn't end abruptly, but for most practical purposes, ceases to exist after a few hundred km. at most.

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Is there moon on the Earth?

The moon is not on the earth if it was we all would be dead because we would have been squashed by the moon and the gravitaty. but the moon orbits the earth and the earth orbits the sun. it is like a racetrack when your watching a cartoon and they get hit in the head and birds are flying around their head. its like the racecar driver was driving still and got hit in the head and had the birds flying around it.


Why do more meteorites hit moon?

Do they? I don't believe this is known. I have not been able to find any real estimate for the numbers of meteorites hitting the Moon or the Earth so a comparison is kind of unwarranted.However, I would expect more meteorites to hit the Moon than the Earth *per unit surface area* because the Moon has very little atmosphere. A lot of meteors hit the Earth's atmosphere without ever reaching the Earth's surface because they burn up in the air. The Moon has no such protective covering and so will be hit by all the meteors that head its way.


Does a solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day?

That's the only time when the moon is on-line between the Sun and Earth, so it's the only time when the moon's shadow can hit the Earth's surface.


Has the moon ever been hit by a space shuttle?

No, the moon has never been hit by a space shuttle. Space shuttles were used for missions in low Earth orbit and never traveled far enough to reach the moon.


The moon is to the earth, as the earth is to what?

The moon is to the earth, as the earth is to the sun.

Related Questions

Is the moon of earth?

An asteroid had hit Earth and knocked of a chunk that is now called the moon.


Earth's moon hypothetically was a portion of earth when it was hit by an asteroid how was this possible?

if a meteor hit earth and a piece of earth (the moon) chipped off. earths gravitational pull could be sufficient to make the moon orbit around the earth.


Could you hit a golf ball further on earth or the moon?

the moon


Was our moon affected in any way when the meteor that killed the dinosaurs hit the Earth?

no proof of what happened, but if it was a meteor, parts could have hit off onto the moon.


How long does the sun from the moon take to hit earth?

The rays from the sun take 8 minutes to hit the earth


Were the moon came from?

as other people say moon come from the earth so it means that when the earth was formed millions years ago something hit earth and a part of earth riped apart and that was the moon


What two objects have been hit by a meteor?

The earth and moon.


If the moon is hit with 2 nuks what will happen to the earth?

Nothing.


What causes the moon to have such an uneven surface?

It was found out by scientists that the moon is uneven, because just like other places in the universe, they get hit by asteroids, or meteors. The Earth very rarely gets hit by them, but sense the moon is out in space, closer to them, the moon got hit, making craters in the moon, that's also why, (down here on Earth) it looks like there is a face on the moon, or "Man on the Moon."


What is it called when the moons shadow hits earth or earths shadows hit the moon?

It is called a solar eclipse when the Moon's shadow hits Earth, and a lunar eclipse when Earth's shadow hits the Moon.


Is our Moon formed from the Crust of today's Pacific Ocean after some Impact hit that part of Earth?

There is a theory that suggests a comet hit the earth and possible broke off a chunk creating the moon.


What were the three popular explanations for the Moon's formations?

There was a meteor that hit earth.