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When does the moon rotate around the sun?

All the time. (The moon is actually orbiting around the Earth, which is orbiting around the sun)


Why do the moon and earth do not bump each other?

because the moon has an orbit that goes around the earth which is a path that the moon takes so it will not bump into any other planets


Why do the moon go around the earth instead of the earth going around the moon?

-- The earth and moon both orbit their "common center of mass" ... the point between them where the pivot of the see-saw would have to be in order for them to balance each other. -- Since the earth's mass is about 80 times as much as the moon's mass, that point has to be 80 times farther from the center of the moon than it is from the center of the earth. -- The result is that their "common center of mass" is actually inside the earth. So if you're watching the pair from the outside and you're not measuring too closely, you'd swear that the moon is going around the earth, and you wouldn't notice that the earth is also slightly wiggling. -- By the way ... People often ask "Does the moon orbit the sun or the earth ?" That "common center of mass" of the earth-moon pair is actually the thing that's in orbit around the sun, while the earth and moon are both orbiting it.


Does earth orbit moon or vice versa?

The moon orbits the earth. How do we know the earth doesn't orbit the moon? The planet with the bigger mass, therefore stronger gravity, is the one controlling the other, so since the earth is bigger than the moon, the moon orbits the earth, not vice versa. It's best to think of the Earth and Moon as one system. Each body attracts the other, in accordance with Newton's Law of Gravitation. Earth and Moon orbit around their common "center of mass". Because the Earth has about 80 times the mass of the Moon, this center of mass is actually inside the surface of the Earth.


What planet is the moon next to?

The moon is Earth's natural satellite and is not next to any other planet in our solar system. It orbits around Earth.

Related Questions

When does the moon rotate around the sun?

All the time. (The moon is actually orbiting around the Earth, which is orbiting around the sun)


Why does the moon orbit the Earth instead of the Sun?

The moon orbits the Earth instead of the Sun because of the gravitational pull between the Earth and the moon. This gravitational force keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth, rather than being pulled towards the Sun.


How would the tides on earth be diffrent if the moon revolved around earth in 15 day instead of 30day?

the moon's gravitional pull on earth decreases with the moon distance from earth


How are the earth moon and sun related to each other?

The moon circles around the earth; the earth circles around the sun.


Why does the earth pull on the moon instead of the other way around?

Because the gravity of a larger object pulls the smaller ones toward them.


Why do the moon go around 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.


Why the moon revolves around the earth not the other way around?

The moon and the earth both revolve around their common center of mass.


Why cant earth called the natural satellite of moon?

The Earth doesn't orbit the Moon, and the Moon doesn't orbit the Earth; instead, both of them orbit their common center of mass, the "barycenter". The barycenter of the Earth-Moon system is INSIDE the Earth - so the Moon is a satellite of the Earth, not the other way around. If the barycenter of the Earth-Moon system were outside of the Earth, in space between them, then technically they would be "co-planets", not a planet and a moon.


What is the relationship between how the earth sun and moon revolve round each other?

Moon revolves around Earth, Earth revolves around Sun.


When you watch the sun rise and set you actually see earth revolution around the moon?

You see Earth's revolution around the sun.. the moon revolves around the Earth, not the other way around.


How does the moon move around earth?

It orbits around Earth because of the mutual gravitational forces between the Earth and the Moon, which attract them to each other.


Why do the moon and earth do not bump each other?

because the moon has an orbit that goes around the earth which is a path that the moon takes so it will not bump into any other planets