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Why are the temperatures different between the Earth and the Moon despite their same distance from the sun?
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∙ 15y ago
The Earth axis of rotation is a little tilted in comparison to the plane in which the Earth revolves around the Sun. Due to the axis tilts one of the hemispheres gets turned towards the sun while the other gets turned away. Towards means warmer and summer, away means winter and cooler.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe Earth has different temperatures because they depend on how far away the sun is to the planet (as well as many other factors of atmosphere, altitude, etc.) If the sun is closer to one part of the Earth it will be hotter than other places where the sun is not as close.
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∙ 15y agothe earth has the earths core as well as radioactive isotopes radiating heat up while the sun radiates heat in and that heat is trapped by green house gasses. The moon doesnt have any of these (except for maybe a small amount of radioactive elements, but it wouldn't be much)
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∙ 15y agoThere is very little between the Moon and the sun, so it receives all of its radiation (light) directly on the surface. The Earth on the other hand has an atmosphere, clouds ect that both reflect and absorb radiation at different levels. The atmosphere also acts to move heat around the globe and so warming the poles and cooling the equator. These factors combined mean that the same amount of light from the sun is just spread out over a larger area than that of the moon.
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∙ 13y agoIt's true that the moon has virtually no atmosphere, but atmosphere is not the only thing that can warm or cool. The moon's surface absorbs a lot of heat during the month-long lunar day, and some of that heat radiates out during the lunar night. Man-made objects (and people) would have to contend with these differences too, making sure that their environments while on the moon can keep them protected from the very direct radiation from the sun, and from the very dark and cold harshness of the lunar night.
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∙ 10y agoThe temperature of the Earth depends on the Sun's light and heat, but there are two major effects that prevent the temperature from changing too quickly when the Sun rises or sets. These are the atmosphere, which traps heat near the ground, and oceans which contain vast amounts of heat. So the temperature rises slowly throughout the day, and declines slowly during the night as heat is radiated back into space. You can feel this; when the sky is cloudy in the evening, the clouds slow down the heat radiated into space, and it stays warmer longer. When the sky is clear, things cool down pretty quickly after sunset.
The Moon has no oceans, and negligible atmosphere. So the temperature on the Moon varies greatly depending on the time; the Moon heats up quite rapidly as the Sun rises, and it cools off just as quickly when the Sun sets.
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∙ 15y agoThe Moon is in direct sunlight for 14 and-a-bit days at a time and in darkness for the same length. Also has no atmosphere.
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∙ 14y agoThat is because the Moon has no atmosphere. The Earth's atmosphere has a damping effect - it absorbs part of the energy.
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∙ 15y agoNo atmosphere.
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Outer layer of the sun?
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