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Moons and Natural Satellites
Natural Satellites, also know as moons, are natural celestial bodies revolving around a bigger object like a planet or a dwarf planet. Some famous natural satellites are our Moon (Luna), Ganymede, Europa and Titan.
601 Questions
Is the phase of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from earth?
Not exactly. The lighted side of the moon as seen from Earth is that part that is not shadowed by the Earth.
What direction will the moon rise from in Pittsburgh tonight?
The moon, the sun and the stars all rise in the east and set in the west due to the rotation of the earth.
Why is the moon called a lifeless place?
Because there is no known life on the moon. The rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts showed no evidence of life in the past either.
What happens on the side of the earth opposite of the moon?
The ocean directly under the Moon bulges out when it is pulled by the Moon's gravity. The bulge on the far side of the planet is caused by the centrifugal rotation of the Earth-Moon system. (The far side is being "spun out" from the combined Earth-Moon mass as it rotates, because it is able to move away from the center of gravity.)
The solid portion of Earth's surface is also affected, but less obviously.
What phase of the moon comes after the full mon?
The moon in the days before and after a full moon appear as a gibbous moon. A gibbous moon is anything between a full moon and a half moon.
Is the moon rotating faster than earth?
No. The moon rotates much slower than Earth. Earth completes a rotation once every days. The moon completes a rotation once every 27 days.
Why did the hammer land at the same time as the feather on the moon?
No air resistance. No air resistance. Because falling bodies accellerate at the same rate regardless of mass
There is no minimum mass or volume requirements for an object to be classified as a natural satellite. For this classification to happen, a body must orbit around a planet or other celestial body.
What position is the moon at when it is full?
At full moon, the Moon is opposite the Sun, from our (Earth's) point of view.
Is the moon the only natural satellite?
No, there are many other natural satellites but the moon is our only natural satellite.
Who was the first girl in Britain to go to the moon?
No woman, and no British citizen, has ever gone to the moon yet. All of the astronauts
who were ever anywhere near the moon have been male Americans, and there haven't
been any of those for more than 40 years now.
Percentage of light reflected by the moon is known as?
. . . or from any heavenly body is called albedo.
What are the effects of the movement of the moon?
The effects are the moon phases, eclipses, and the high tide and low tide.
How does the temperature of the planet Venus vary with the distance from the sun?
The distance varies very little so the temperature change is small, probably too small to be measured at present.
Earths length in days or years?
Earth days are normally rounded to about 24 hours, but in fact the time it takes for Earth to complete a full rotation (i.e. a day) is 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds. A year is approximately 365.24 days.
What phase of the moon do neap tides occur?
Neap tides are the ones that coincide with the Moon's First Quarter and Third Quarter.
The Voyager 2 space probe flew past Neptune and its moons, including Triton. That has been Triton's only exploration.
Does the blood moon have any gravity?
Blood Moon either refers to the first full moon after the Harvest Moon, or the moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse. Either way, it is the same moon; the one currently orbiting planet Earth. As such it has the same gravity (0.1654 g).
How is the moon held in place orbiting the earth?
A balance between gravity and centrifugal force ! The gravity of the earth is always trying to pull the moon closer. However - as with any spinning object, centrifugal force is trying to 'fling' it out into space. The two forces cancel each other out, and thus the moon stays in orbit.
Why does the moon has many craters but the Earth has few?
Earth is geologically active with volcanoes, tectonic plates, and has a substantial atmosphere, moving water, and glaciers. These forces are constantly changing Earth's surface. Impact craters get eroded, buried, and outright erased. The moon has no significant geologic activity, no atmosphere, and no water. As a result craters on the moon can remain almost untouched for billions of years.
