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Any satellite experiences an acceleration towards its primary (technically, towards the barycenter of the system). With respect to its orbital velocity it accelerates for half of its orbit, and decelerates for the other half. This is because its orbit around the earth is an ellipse and not a circle. It accelerates as it moves toward its closest approach to earth (perigee) and then decelerates until it is farthest away from earth (apogee).
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y agoThe Moon orbits Earth in the prograde direction and completes one revolution relative to the stars in approximately 27.323 days (a sidereal month). Earth and the Moon orbit about their barycentre (common center of mass), which lies about 4,600 km (2,900 mi) from Earth's center (about 3 /4 of the radius of Earth). On average, the distance to the Moon is about 385,000 km (239,000 mi) from Earth's centre, which corresponds to about 60 Earth radii. With a mean orbital velocity of 1.022 km/s (2,290 mph),[8] the Moon appears to move relative to the stars each hour by an amount roughly equal to its angular diameter, or by about half a degree. The Moon differs from most satellites of other planets in that its orbit is close to the plane of the ecliptic, and not to Earth's equatorial plane. The plane of the lunar orbit is inclined to the ecliptic by about 5°, whereas the Moon's equatorial plane is inclined by only 1.5° to the ecliptic.
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∙ 14y agoEarth spins faster than the moon orbits Earth.
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∙ 9y agoNo. The angular speed, at least, is the same.
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The time it takes for the moon to revolve around the earth is approximately?
28 days.
How often does the moon rotate around the earth each day?
Zero times. It takes the Moon about 27.3 days to revolve just once around the Earth.
Which phases of the moon cause the highest low tides and lowest high tides?
At the quarter moon phase, the gravity of the sun and the moon are working at right angles to each other, partially canceling out their tidal effects. This is when you'll get the highest low tides or lowest high tides, or "neap tides".
Does Earth pull the moon toward it?
Earth and moon pull on each other, with equal force. That's how gravity works. As the result, earth and moon both revolve around their mutual center of mass ... the point where the pivot would have to be in order for the earth and moon to balance each other at opposite ends of a see-saw. Since the earth's mass is about 80 times the moon's mass, the point around which the two bodies orbit happens to be inside the earth, so somebody who's watching from far away would swear that the moon orbits the earth while the earth stands still.
Are the moon phases predictable why or why not?
Moon phases are predictable because the Moon orbits the Earth and the Sun reflects off the Moon.
Earth's pull makes the moon revolve around it.Does the moon also pull the earth?
Sure, according to Newton's Third Law, the Moon must also attract the Earth. Actually, saying that the Moon revolves around the Earth is only an approximation. it is more accurate to state that Earth and Moon revolve around the common center of mass.Sure, according to Newton's Third Law, the Moon must also attract the Earth. Actually, saying that the Moon revolves around the Earth is only an approximation. it is more accurate to state that Earth and Moon revolve around the common center of mass.Sure, according to Newton's Third Law, the Moon must also attract the Earth. Actually, saying that the Moon revolves around the Earth is only an approximation. it is more accurate to state that Earth and Moon revolve around the common center of mass.Sure, according to Newton's Third Law, the Moon must also attract the Earth. Actually, saying that the Moon revolves around the Earth is only an approximation. it is more accurate to state that Earth and Moon revolve around the common center of mass.
The moon revolves around?
The Earth. Actually, technically, the Moon and Earth revolve around a common center of gravity, but that center of gravity falls within the earth itself.
How many days that it takes the moon to revolve around the earth?
It will take the moon 27.32 days to revolve around the earth.
Do both the earth and moon revolve around the sun?
No, the moon does not revolve around the sun. The Earth does though. You might be getting confused because the moon revolves around the Earth.
Do the earth and moon revolve at the same speed?
It take 27.32 days for the moon to revolve around the earth. At the same time, the Earth and moon revolve as a bound pair around the sun every 365.25 days.
Why moon revolve around the earth why not around the sun?
The moon does BOTH.
How many days that the Moon revolve around the Earth?
It takes the Moon about 27 1/2 days to revolve once around Earth.
Does the moon move around the sun the earth?
The moon revolves around the Earth and the Earth revolves around the sun. The moon does not revolve around the sun.
How many days does it takes for the moon to revolve around the earth?
As the Moon revolves around the Earth, the time taken to revolve around the Sun is the same as the Earth ~365.25 days or one year.
Does the moon revolve around the earth as the earth revolves around the sun?
Yes
Does the moon revolve the earth but don't rortate?
The moon revolves and rotates around the Earth
Why is the moon revolve around the earth?
Because of gravity.
