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Not precisely. If so, they'd never move, they'd just hang there stationary in the sky.

They move with the Earth through space, but they also move with the wind, which means they may be moving slightly faster or slower than the Earth itself.

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Your moon always shows the same face to the earth?

The moon always shows the same face to the Earth due to its synchronous rotation, meaning it takes the same amount of time to rotate on its axis as it does to orbit the Earth. This synchronization occurs because of the gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon.


How can you tell a hurricane is spinning from a satellite image?

The spiral bands of a hurricane strongly indicate rotation. Also, stringing together multiple satellite images taken one after another can produce a sort of animation that shows how a storm moces and chances. These show obvious rotation in hurricanes.


What movement is shown by the arrows under earth surface?

the water cycle shows arrow under surface


What graph shows the vibrations caused by an earthquake?

A seismograph is the graph that shows vibrations caused by an earthquake. It records the movement of the ground in a vertical direction as the seismic waves pass through the Earth's crust.


What diagram correctly shows how surface winds are deflected curved in the northern and Southern Hemispheres due to earth's rotation?

The Coriolis effect diagram illustrates how surface winds are deflected in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres due to Earth's rotation. In the Northern Hemisphere, winds curve to the right, resulting in a clockwise rotation around high-pressure systems and a counterclockwise rotation around low-pressure systems. Conversely, in the Southern Hemisphere, winds curve to the left, leading to a counterclockwise rotation around high-pressure systems and a clockwise rotation around low-pressure systems. This deflection is essential for understanding global wind patterns and weather systems.

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What is the effect of the rotation of both the earth and its moon?

The rotation of Earth causes day and night cycles while the rotation of the Moon creates lunar phases. Earth's rotation also affects ocean tides. Additionally, the Moon's rotation is tidally locked with Earth, meaning it always shows the same face to us.


Why is tycho always facing the earth?

Tycho is always facing Earth because it is a synchronous rotation body, meaning its rotation period matches its orbital period around Earth. This alignment causes one side of Tycho to always face Earth, much like the Moon always shows the same face to Earth.


Why the earth appears static when nasa satellite shows live when earth is rotating at great speeds around itself?

While Earth's rotation has a tremendous tangential speed, the satellite pictures are taken from such a great distance that this movement is not readily seen. Consider seeing a a jet plane in the sky. The place is moving at several hundred miles per hour, but when seen from a few miles below it appears to move rather slowly across the sky. Earth takes 24 hours to complete a rotation, so the actual angular speed of the rotation is quite small. There are other potential factors as well. Some satellite pictures are from geosynchronous satellites whose orbits match Earth's rotation. Live video from the International Space Station is publicly available. The speed of rotation at Earth's equator is 1,040 miles per hour while the Space station orbits much faster at 17,600 miles per hour. In live video its movement over Earth is noticeable.


Your moon always shows the same face to the earth?

The moon always shows the same face to the Earth due to its synchronous rotation, meaning it takes the same amount of time to rotate on its axis as it does to orbit the Earth. This synchronization occurs because of the gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon.


The clock shows a rotation of 90°, followed by a rotation of 6°. This transformation could be replaced by which single transformation?

rotation


Why does a molecular cloud flatten out as it collapses?

This flattening is a natural consequence of collisions between particles in a spinning cloud. A cloud may start with any size or shape, and different clumps of gas within the cloud may be moving in random directions at random speeds. When the cloud collapses, these different clumps collide and merge, resulting in a flattened rotating disk. Comments: Importantly, the cloud will be spinning slightly, because of random motion effects. As it collapses it will spin faster (conservation of angular momentum). You can then explain what happens it in terms of the "centrifugal effect". This effect is smallest near the axis of rotation of the cloud. So that the cloud will naturally flatten out. A more technical explanation uses the "law of conservation of angular momentum". This shows again the natural tendency to form a disk from a spinning cloud.


How can you tell a hurricane is spinning from a satellite image?

The spiral bands of a hurricane strongly indicate rotation. Also, stringing together multiple satellite images taken one after another can produce a sort of animation that shows how a storm moces and chances. These show obvious rotation in hurricanes.


Why does the moon always show the same side to the Earth, and can you explain the reason behind this phenomenon?

The moon always shows the same side to the Earth because of a phenomenon called synchronous rotation. This happens because the moon's rotation period is the same as its orbital period around the Earth, causing one side to always face us. This is due to gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon, which have caused the moon's rotation to synchronize with its orbit over time.


Is cloud a preposition?

Yes, "cloud" can function as a preposition when used in phrases like "in the cloud" or "above the cloud." In these cases, it shows the relationship between an object and its location in relation to the cloud.


What movement is shown by the arrows under earth surface?

the water cycle shows arrow under surface


Why does earth rotate more faster than moon?

Earth has more mass, and therefore takes longer than the Moon to slow down in its rotation. But eventually, Earth, too, will slow down until it always shows the Moon the same side.


How can I monitor my cloud computing?

I am not aware of any cloud monitoring software but Microsoft should have tools available for their online cloud service that shows you what your cloud usage is like.