The Moon

The moon's gravitational pull on Earth causes tides by exerting a force on the water in the oceans. As the moon orbits the Earth, it creates a bulge of water on the side of the Earth that faces the moon, resulting in a high tide. Simultaneously, on the opposite side, another high tide occurs due to the centrifugal force from the Earth-moon system. This cyclical process leads to the regular rise and fall of ocean levels known as tides.

No, the sun is not Earth's satellite. The sun is a star at the center of our solar system, around which Earth and other planets orbit. Earth's natural satellite is the moon.

Over geological time, the Earth's average temperrature has increased and decreased.

Think of the 'Ice Ages' , when the Earth was much colder, with larger polar ice caps. and intervening warm periods, when the Earth was much warmer.

There was no Industrial Activity or motor cars etc., to drive these changes. So it is thought that the Sun and the Earth's atitude on its spacial movement around the Sun , was the main driver for these variations.

The current 'hysteria' of climate warming/change is just a natural warming. Mankind does not fully understand the larger periodical mechanics behind this process., but it happens.

So , YES!!! The Earth's mean temperature does change over time.

The force of gravity between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers. The mass of the Sun is approximately 27 million times greater than the mass of the Moon, and the average distance between the Sun and the Earth is about 93 million miles, while the average distance between the Moon and the Earth is about 238,855 miles. By calculating the ratio of the gravitational forces between the Moon and Earth and the Sun and Earth using these values, we find that the Moon's force is about 1/180,000th (0.00056%) of the Sun's force on Earth.

Yes. The tenths place is the same, so next examine the hundredths place. 0.305 has a 0 and 0.35 has a 5. Because 5 is greater than 0, 0.35 is greater than 3.305.

Yes it is less by .045

The moon is tiny. The earth is about 3 times bigger across than the moon.

The sun is an average sized star. It's about 110 times bigger across than the earth. =

There are many stars smaller than the sun, and many stars bigger than the sun. The sun and all stars are bigger than the moon.

The function of the moon is that it controls water. Since the moon cant help with light, the moon controls tsunami's, hurricanes etc. Another thing about the moon is that when there's full moon, there's also a time to worry about mental issued people. The 75% of a human body is covered up in water, since the moon controls water it can also cause effects in a non normal brains.

I am pretty sure that comets are lighter than moons

but it depends on the comet

True. The Sun is much closer to Earth than the Moon. The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers), whereas the average distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers).

The Earths orbital distance from the sun is 149,597,890km (149,597,890,000 metres) on average, 147,098,290km (147,098,290,000 metres) at its closest and 152,098,232km (152,098,232,000 metres) at its furthest. The average sun to Earth distance is how one Astronomical Unit is defined (1 AU).

If light did not travel in a straight line then the light would just bend around the body that is suppose to be making a shadow and no shadow would be observed. as there is a shadow cast by that body this proves that light does not bend and in fact travels in a straight line.

Traveling in a full circle around the Earth is called circumnavigation. This term refers to the act of traveling all the way around a planet, typically by sea or air. Famous examples of circumnavigation include Magellan's expedition in the 16th century and the first solo non-stop circumnavigation by Joshua Slocum in 1898.

The writer is showing that the person is "one in a million", "very special", a la "once in a blue moon", not an every day occurance.

Read the lyrics prior to this lyric and it should open up for you.

"Momma said you were the chosen one" and "You have to burn to shine"...then "born under a bad sign with a blue moon in your eyes"...

I would say unlucky to be this rare figure in this story....

Our natural sattelite called the MOON. By its Latin name 'LUNA', and by its Classical Greek name ' SELENE.

The moon together with the Sun controls the tides on Earth. The Moon is the primary 'puller' of tides, and the Sun ' is a 'Secondary' puller of tides.

As New Moon the Moon and Sun are pulling together, so extremely high Spring Tides.

At Full Moon , the Moon and Sun are pulling in opposite directions, but the Moon has the stronger pull , so you still have Spring Tides, but not quite as high.

At 1st and Last Quarters , the Sun and Moon are pulling at right angles to each other, so the tides are very low and called Neap Tides.

Like a wheel balancing effect, when the Moon is on one side of the Earth you have an high tide, but the Balancing Effect means that the is also an High Tide on the opposite side of the Earth too, at the same time.

So if you live in New York, USA, the Bay of Fundy is a few hundred miles north on the Canadian Atlantic Coast. Approximately 65 degrees W. A New Moon Spring High Tide can be as much as 40 feet high. However, at the SAME time at longitude 115 degrees E, The opposite meridian, there will also be an high tide; this is the 'wheel balancing effect'.

This can then be coupled with 'Super Moons' , when the Moon is closer to the Earth, so the pull is even more stronger, thereby the tides are higher and lower again.

It is it is quite a complex and beautiful natural arrangement. !!!!!

Hope that helps!!!!

Every 'plant' has a smaller diameter than Earth, because all plants grow on Earth.

However, I think you mean 'planets' . in which case the smaller planets are Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Pluto.

NB THe word 'planet' comes from Classical Greece, and means wandering star.

There is no atmosphere of oxygen and nitrogen. Also there is no 'free' water.

So there is nothing to support plant ( or animal) life.

For life to flourish you need four gases, they are Carbon dioxide, Methane, Ammonia, and Water. Without these four compounds life does not function.

Well, let's think of non-examples of moon phases, like a sunny day or a shooting star. Just like how every painting needs different colors to make it complete, the moon phases are unique and special in their own way. Remember, mistakes are just happy accidents in the art of life.

New moon is approximately two weeks after full moon.

By the impact of meteorites. There is no atmosphere on the Moon, so no weathering to wear /erode the craters.

But for the atmosphere on Earth, weathering the surface, and the activity of man, the Earth there would also be plenty of visible craters on Earth.

called a meteorite. It is a solid piece of debris from space that survives its journey through the Earth's atmosphere and lands on the ground, where it can be collected and studied by scientists.

Gravitational Acceleration is 9.8 m/s^(2). This is a mean figure for Earth. At different points on the Earth's surface the above figure will vary very slightly.

However, different objects in space have different gravitational accelerations.

The Moon is 1.625 m/s^(2)

The Sun is 274 m/s^(2)

They can be thought of as a binary system , in the third orbit from the Sun.

The Earth's Moon is a very big natural satellite compared to other satellites of other planets.

The Moon is approximately one quarter to one third the size of Earth.

Such is the size and gravittional pull , of these two objects, they pull each other in and out of the Earth's mean orbital track.

When you see a nice smooth elliptical diagram of the Earth's orbit about the Sun, this is not quite correct!!!! Because of the Moon's pull , the Earth moves in and out of this ellipse. Also because the Moon's orbit about the Earth is angles at about 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit about the Sun, It also pulls the Earth 'up and 'down' from the plane of this orbit. 'The Earth 'dances' through space , with the Moon as its dancing partner. The whole pair is kept on a mean orbital track by the Sun.

The Moon orbits the Earth once every 28.5 days. It also rotates on its own axis in about the same period. Consequently from Earth we only ever see 61% of the Moon's surface. The other 39% is permanently hidden from view. The Moon's orbit is also elliptical. So at different times and places on this orbit it can be nearer or further away from Earth. When you see a 'big, bright' Full Moon, it is probably at its nearest to Earth.

The Moon also controls the tides at sea. The side of the Earth that the Moon is on , is the high tide side. However, on the opposite side of the Earth there is also a corresponding high tide ; a 'wheel balancing effect'.

The Moon is also thought to control natural phenomena, such as dogs howling , people being mad (lunacy), etc., plant growth and harvest. However, the connection is very tenuous.

So there you have it!!!! I'm sure there is a lot more that can be written about the Earth/Moon partnership!!!!!

What happens is a solar eclipse. The Moon casts a shadow on the Earth. This does not happen on each revolution because the Moon's orbit it tilted, so an eclipse only happens when the Moon is crossing the ecliptic at the right moment.

The moon orbits the earth in an elliptical motion. This means that at some point in time the moon is closer to the earth than in other times. When the moon is closer to the earth, the water is more greatly attracted to the moon (due to gravitational force), When this happens we will experience high tide. Conversely, when the moon is further way from earth than at normal we will experience a low tide.

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