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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
Why is Mimas not considered to be in hydrostatic equilibrium?
I think it is. Take a look at some pictures of Mimas; it looks pretty round to me.
What Apollo Eleven Astronaut did not walk on the moon?
Michael Collins stayed in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
When the moon is full is it in its orbit around earth?
When the moon is full, it's "behind" the earth, that is, in the direction opposite the sun.
The three bodies are lined up, with the earth in the middle, like this:
Sun ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Earth -- Moon
Why is the time between two new moons longer than the time it takes the moon to orbit earth once?
Because it is two moons wich equal 1.230 days
What connection between the mass of a planet and the number of moons it has?
There is no direct connection between the mass of a planet and the number of moons it has. Mars is less massive than Earth but has twice as many moons as does Earth. Jupiter is more massive than either Mars of Earth and has many more moons that either of them.
Why don't we see auroras on the moon?
The auroras we see on Earth are a result of Earth's magnetic field funneling high-energy particles from the sun into Earth's upper atmosphere, where excited electrons in gas molecules create a glow. The moon has no magnetic field and no atmosphere.
Ganymede is a moon name its planet what is special about it?
These large moons, named Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are each ... system (larger than the planet Mercury).
Is it possible for Jupiter's moon IO to have habitability?
No. Io is subject to intense volcanic activity and is bombarded by radiation funneled by Jupiter's magnetic field, making it one of the least hospitable worlds in the solar system.
What causes the moon to change what phase it is in?
The moon is always half illuminated by the sun. As the moon travels in its orbit around the Earth, the amount of the lighted-half that we can see changes, depending on the moon's position. There's nothing mysterious, difficult, or complicated about it. Take a flashlight and a soccer ball into a dark room. Turn on the flashlight, aim it at yourself, back off several feet, and then hold the soccer ball up at arm's length. Holding the soccer ball out in front of you, turn around slowly, and watch how you see different amounts of the lighted half of the ball, and different amounts of the dark half of the ball, depending on where it is in its path around you.
When the moon is in its new phase what can you infer about the opposite side of the moon?
The far side of the moon is always opposite of the visible side. When the moon is new, it is between the Sun and the earth. Since we see the dark side of the moon, the opposite side must be fully lit by the sun. Likewise when we see a gibbous moon, the far side would be a crescent. When we see a full moon, the far side is in complete darkness.
What services does the Moon Pig website offer?
The Moon Pig website offers a service that offers printable and mail-able Cards, especially greeting cards. These cards are personalized and customized, one can create a single card for free if they wish.
Why the flag in the moon is moving if theres no air?
The flad doesn't move. Its held up by a bar that goes through the top of the flag, making it look like its waving. Without the bar, the flag would just hang down as it does on earth when there is no wind to unfurl it.
Why would the the moon not be a good place to live?
The moon does not hold life because it has no atmosphere. This means that it does not protect from radiation and it doesn't have the right gases.
The moon is also lacking liquid water, which is probably necessary to develop life. It doesen't hold life because it has no sunlight, atmosphere, oxygen, gravity, or any water. It has no atmosphere so all asteroids and comets would hit the surface before burning up like it would on earth.
ANSWER: The moon does have sunlight, it does have gravity, and it has some ice.
The reason it doesn't have life is because the lack of atmosphere--which results in extreme temperature swings and means that the gases life probably needs are not present And the lack of liquid water, which is likely necessary to develop life.
Which planet has shepherd satellites?
The planet Saturn has. These little moons affect ("shepherd") the rings of Saturn due to gravitational forces.
What impact was caused by the impact on the moon?
the impact was that we all had light at night and it con trolls the tides and if there was no moon there would be no waves so all the moon really does is con troll the sea and oceans and people say the moon use to be part of the earth but it hasn't been proven yet so the moon does make a big im pact on the earth when you really think about it.
How many new moon twilights is there?
One there is the first one twilight then there is twilight new moon then twilight eclipse then twilight breaking dawn.
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Sun light takes how many second to reach mars?
The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second or 300,000 kilometers per second. It takes sunlight about 13 minutes to reach Mars. It takes about 81/2 minutes to reach Earth.
What has many moons inner planets or outer planets?
the inner plants have a total of three moons. our moon, and two moons of mars. Phobos, and Deimos. but the out planets have many more moons. Neptune has the least amount of moons out of all the outer planets. it has 13 moons. but, the other outer planets have way more. Jupiter even has 63. of course, there are probably many more moons still to be discovered. well, not for earth and mars. in total, the outer planets must have at least 100 moons.
