Gravitation from the Moon causes the tides. The energy for these tides comes from the rotation of the Earth, so obviously, when tidal energy is lost due to friction, etc., the Earth will rotate slower and slower. This follows directly from the Law of Conservation of Energy.
Another important conservation law is the Law of Conservation of Rotational Momentum. When the Earth rotates slower, the Moon goes farther away, to maintain the rotational momentum.
Gravitation from the Moon causes the tides. The energy for these tides comes from the rotation of the Earth, so obviously, when tidal energy is lost due to friction, etc., the Earth will rotate slower and slower. This follows directly from the Law of Conservation of Energy.
Another important conservation law is the Law of Conservation of Rotational Momentum. When the Earth rotates slower, the Moon goes farther away, to maintain the rotational momentum.
Gravitation from the Moon causes the tides. The energy for these tides comes from the rotation of the Earth, so obviously, when tidal energy is lost due to friction, etc., the Earth will rotate slower and slower. This follows directly from the Law of Conservation of Energy.
Another important conservation law is the Law of Conservation of Rotational Momentum. When the Earth rotates slower, the Moon goes farther away, to maintain the rotational momentum.
Gravitation from the Moon causes the tides. The energy for these tides comes from the rotation of the Earth, so obviously, when tidal energy is lost due to friction, etc., the Earth will rotate slower and slower. This follows directly from the Law of Conservation of Energy.
Another important conservation law is the Law of Conservation of Rotational Momentum. When the Earth rotates slower, the Moon goes farther away, to maintain the rotational momentum.
Yes, the moon's orbit around Earth affects the moon phase. As the moon orbits Earth, the angle between the sun, moon, and Earth change, causing different portions of the moon to be illuminated by sunlight, resulting in the different moon phases we observe.
It is the Earth, which is bigger between the moon & the earth.
Virtually the same as the distance between Earth and Venus, which varies greatly according to where each is in its orbit. At its closest to Earth, Venus is still more than 100 times as far from Earth as the Moon.
No. In a lunar eclipse Earth is between the sun and the moon, thus casting a shadow on the moon. When the moon passes between Earth and the sun it is a solar eclipse, to an observer on Earth, the moon eclipses the sun.
The Moon or Luna. LOL it's name doesn't change because of a solar eclipse.
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Since Jupiter is further than the moon, there is not as much gravity as the Earth and moon.
As the moon circles the Earth, the shape of the moon appears to change; this is because different amounts of the illuminated part of the moon are facing us. The shape varies from a full moon (when the Earth is between the sun and the moon) to a new moon (when the moon is between the sun and the Earth).
There are no stars between the Earth and the Moon. The stars we see in the night sky are much farther away. The Moon is located within our own solar system, while the stars are located at much greater distances in our galaxy and beyond.
No - the moon itself stays the same shape. The phases of the moon change as the earth and moon orbit round the sun. The phases are simply the amount of sunlight reflected in relation to the position of the earth's shadow cast on the moon
The shadow is caused by the earth blocking the path of the light from the sun casting shadow on the moon. When the earth is not in between the sun and the moon then we have a "full moon."
When the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun you get a full moon, not a new Moon which occurs when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun. You could also get a Lunar eclipse.
"Distance" means how far two object are from one another. In this case, how far the Moon is from Earth, or how far the Sun is from Earth.
As the orbits of the Moon about the Earth and the Earth around the Sun are not circular, the distance to each of these bodies varies. Since the strength of gravitational attraction is determined, in part, by the distance between the objects, as the distances change so too does the strength of the tide-raising forces.