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moon is actually continually falling on us! What prevents it from hitting us is the fact that it is rotating around us with a sideways velocity sufficiently high, so that by the time the Moon has fallen the 240,000 miles to the Earth, it has moved sideways about 240,000 miles, far enough to miss the Earth.
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How does the moon's gravity compare to Earth's gravity?
The moon's gravity is about 1/6th of Earth's gravity.
What is the gravity on the moon and how does it compare to Earth's gravity?
The gravity on the moon is about 1/6th of the gravity on Earth. This means that objects weigh much less on the moon compared to Earth.
How does the force of gravity on the moon compare to that on Earth?
The force of gravity on the moon is about one-sixth (1/6) of the force of gravity on Earth.
How does the size of the Sun, Earth, and Moon compare to each other?
The Sun is much larger than both the Earth and the Moon. The Earth is smaller than the Sun but larger than the Moon. The Moon is the smallest of the three.
How does jumping on the moon compare to jumping on Earth?
Jumping on the moon is different from jumping on Earth because the moon has weaker gravity, so you can jump higher and farther. This is because the moon's gravity is about one-sixth of Earth's gravity.
How does the moon's gravity compare to Earth's gravity?
The moon's gravity is about 1/6th of Earth's gravity.
How did neil Armstrong compare the earth and the moon?
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How do your masson the moon compare to your mass on earth?
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What is the gravity on the moon and how does it compare to Earth's gravity?
The gravity on the moon is about 1/6th of the gravity on Earth. This means that objects weigh much less on the moon compared to Earth.
How much time less then gravity of the moon as compare to the earth?
moon's gravity is (1/6)th of the earth's gravity
How lagre is the moon compare to earth?
1/6th the size.
Compare air pressure on earth to air pressure on the moon?
The moon has no air pressure because the moon has no air.
Do the earth and the moon move at the same speed?
As far as their motion around the Sun, they would have to, in order for the Earth and Moon to stay together. However, because the Moon is also moving around the Earth, they do not have exactly the same (vector) velocities at any time. (The Moon is 400 times farther from the Sun than from the Earth, so it is mostly affected by the Earth's gravity, not the Sun's.)
Why does the moon move across your sky?
The moon is fixed in our sky. The earth rotates beneath it. The moon is not fixed in the sky but orbits the earth about once a month. If it did not do that it would fall to earth (a critical fact noted by Newton when he worked out the theory of gravitation -- the sideways motion of the moon means that as it falls, it perpetually "misses" the earth). Just like the sideways motion of the earth in its orbit prevents it falling into the sun. The visible motion of the moon towards the west during the day is due to the earth's rotation beneath it (see first answer), but in successive nights it is further east.
How does the weight of an object on earth compare with it's weight on the moon?
On the Earth, the object weighs 6.04 times as much as its weight on the moon.
How does the gravitational pool of the moon compare to that of earth?
An object on the surface of the moon weighs about 1/6 as muchas it weighs on the surface of the Earth.
How does the force of gravity on the moon compare to that on Earth?
The force of gravity on the moon is about one-sixth (1/6) of the force of gravity on Earth.
