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What causes the moon's shadow to change its placement?
The moon's shadow changes its placement due to the moon's orbit around the Earth and the Earth's rotation on its axis. This movement causes the moon's shadow to shift and change its position relative to the Earth.
How many days does the moon orbit the earth?
It takes the moon 29 days or about 1 month to orbit the earth.
How does the moon slow down Earth's rotation?
The moon's gravitational pull creates tidal bulges on the Earth's surface. These bulges create friction with the ocean floors, transferring angular momentum from the Earth's rotation to the moon's orbit. Over time, this process causes Earth's rotation to slow down and the moon's orbit to expand.
What direction relative to an observer on the earth's surface does the moon travel in its orbit?
In this case, there is 'true' motion, and there is 'apparent' motion. To an observer on earth, the moon 'appears' to rise in the east and set in the west, just like the sun. But in fact the moon travels from west to east in its orbit around the earth. From a perspective far about the earth and to the north, the moon travels counter-clockwise around the earth. It is the relatively rapid daily spin of the earth from west to east that causes the apparent motion. The moon takes a whole month to orbit earth; in that time 27+ days have gone by on earth.
What causes a day month and year?
Two revolutions and a rotation.
What causes the moon to orbit the sun?
Nothing does.Simply because the moon does not orbit the sun.The moon orbits Earth, not the sun. And Earth orbits the sun.Gravity is what causes planets and moons to orbit.
What causes the moon to orbit around the sun?
the moon doesent orbit the sun, the earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the earth.
Can the moon orbit around the sun?
No, the moon orbits around the Earth, not the sun. This is due to the gravitational pull between the Earth and the moon. The moon's orbit around the Earth is what causes its phases and affects tides on Earth.
Why is the Moon's orbit tilted?
Maybe because the earth's tilted orbital plane causes the moon to orbit tiled, if the earth was straight it has said that the moon would orbit straight line.
What force is responsible for the moon orbiting around the earth and earth orbiting around the sun?
The force of gravity causes the moon to orbit the Earth, and the Earth to orbit the sun.
What causes the moon to orbit earth and earth to revolve around the sun?
Gravity
What forces causes your moon to orbit the earth instead of flying off through space?
Our moon orbits the earth because it is held by gravity in an elliptical orbit.
What force causes the moon to stay in orbit around the earth?
Earth's gravitational pull. See attached link for more information.
Does the moon orbit Earth or does the Earth orbit the moon?
The moon orbits Earth.
What causes the moon to appear different from the Earth during its orbit?
The shadows of the earth reflecting from the sun
What forces make the moon orbit around earth?
The main force that causes the moon to orbit around the Earth is gravity. The gravitational pull of the Earth keeps the moon in its orbit, while the moon's own momentum prevents it from falling into the Earth. Additionally, the gravitational pull of the moon also affects Earth's tides.
What causes the moon's shadow to change its placement?
The moon's shadow changes its placement due to the moon's orbit around the Earth and the Earth's rotation on its axis. This movement causes the moon's shadow to shift and change its position relative to the Earth.
