The Moon
The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth, and the only celestial body where humans have landed. It is approximately 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles) away from the Earth, and has an approximate diameter of 3,476 kilometers (2,160 miles).
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DisneyWorldLoverThe answer is 23.5.
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It would all depend on their mass. The surface area would not be an issue as there is no atmosphere to restrict their fall.
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In general a moon to a planet is known as a satellite.The Earth's moon is sometimes referred to as Luna from Latin Moon in a few...
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diameter of moon(d1): ~3476km = 3.476x10^8 cm diameter of a baseball (d2): ~3 in = 7.62 cm volume of a sphere = 4/3 * pi * r^3 ...
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Tides are differences in gravitational pull between two points of a body. Tidal effects on earth are caused by lunar gravity and,...
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Gravity works on Helium the same as it works on everything else. But the higher air pressure at sea level (caused by gravity...
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The Moon's orbit is not synchronized to the Earth's orbit around the Sun; there isn't really an association between moonrise and...
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-- During the week before each New Moon, in the east, for a few hours before sunrise. -- During the week after each New Moon,...
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Like the Earth, the moon rotates on its axis. This means that the surface of the moon has a sunlit and sunless time. This creats...
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It means that only part of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun.
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No. Dusk (nightfall) is the preceived view that the sun sets. In fact, to the observer, the planet has simpley rotated to a point...
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Plants use the light from the sun to make food for themselves. The plants are then eaten by animals, then they are eaten by other...
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I only know 2. 1.Revolution and 2.Rotation.
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In relation to the stars, 27.3 days. In relation to its phases, 29.5 days.
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Some festivals are surely decided by moon phases but not all. Some are decided on how the moon phase is or how many days have...
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No. Basically the only item you can take in and out is the Orb of Occulus, and the Dungeoneering ring. Other than that, the only...
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It pretty much always does, except when the Earth gets in the way. This produces a lunar eclipse. However, the side of the moon...
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We call these things "planets".
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There were three: Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin, part of Apollo 11, 1969.
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Both, but Horus (the sun) was more important than Thoth (the moon).
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About 50%.
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The weight itself is how much mass is there, so in theory the WEIGHT changes to how much mass there is.
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Yes, the mass of the earth changes when meteors or other extra terrestrial bodies fall onto it. otherwise, it doesnt change at...
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The Earth is more massive than the moon, so it has more inertia than the moon.
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The moon, our neighbor in space and the earth's only natural satellite, is basically made of rock. There is a bit more to this,...
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a square,circle,pentagon
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A parachute requires the drag of the atmosphere to slow the descent. As there is no atmosphere on the Moon, a parachute would be...
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Yes; if you are always looking at it in the same place.
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it doesnt. its just too dark to see.
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The distance between Venus and Earth varies depending on where the two planets are in their orbits. At their closest, the gap...
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New Moons occur every 29.53 days.
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Some festivals are surely decided by moon phases but not all. Some are decided on how the moon phase is or how many days have...
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The Earth. AnswerOceans, clouds, forests. Without a telescope, not much. On the night side of Earth, the lights of the...
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The Oort Cloud is believed to be approximately at that distance.The farthest known planets, and asteroids, in our own Solar...
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An eclipse is the moon or son covered by the other. An ELIPSE is an oval shape of orbiting planets.
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AnswerTwelve, all Americans. Two each from Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17.(see related question)Twelve.
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No. There are dozens of earthquakes each and every day, and they don't appear to be related at all to the weather in space.
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No, although it looks like its close to the sun it is just an optical illusion it is still many millions of miles from the sun.
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On Earth, that is about 980.
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Phase of the Moon on 23 September: waning gibbous with 98% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.Full Moon on 21 September 1983...
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Short answer - The moon is about four and a half billion years old. Full answer - Nobody is completely certain of the age of the...
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Its between 500 to 790 light years away, but it has been proven difficult to measure. 643 light years is the approximation.
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In any one place, every object has a longer shadow in winter than it has in summer. That fact is an important clue to the...
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A classical piece of music is usually divided into movements, there is no limit to how many movements a piece has but as a...
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I think it will be on September 12, 2011. But I am not completely positive.
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Do you you mean "scenes" dumb A S S? And yes
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Yes it would only if we could try it.
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Earth's core is about 2,400 km in diameter. Pluto is about 2,320 km in diameter so therefore pluto is smaller than the earth's...
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The Moon is far less massive, and so has much less gravity than the Earth does. Without gravity, the Moon was unable to hold onto...
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Just over the horizon.
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Sadly some do. They even place themselves to attack humans on their moons. 80% of us do not like it at all! There's high chances...
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Yes, as long as it is in the right position of a light, it will reflect a shadow. Even if it is glass it will show a light shade...
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Very cold and soggy + zero gravity
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Planets do not revolve around the Sun, they orbit. The planet which orbits slowest is Neptune at about 165 earth years per orbit...
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It doesn't. Gravity's range is theoretically infinite, so you will never be free of its influence. The only way to stop...
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The side that faces away from the flashlight or the sun is always the dark side.
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easy, the rocketship. (-:
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It is because it takes the moon about one month to orbit the earth and so it is possible for the moon to be seen in the sky the...
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You look East to see the Moon rise.
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The speed of rotation of the Earth and its axis tilt. The latter causes the basic daylength to change as the seasons change.
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The Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees (specifically 23 degrees, 26 minutes, 21.4119 seconds) with respect to a perpendicular to...
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Approximately half. Because the Moon is orbiting the Earth, various fractions of this illuminated surface are visible, depending...
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Polaris is at a distance of about 430 light-years.
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It depends where you are on the planet. For most of the planet the day-night sequence is repeated every 24 hours. However at the...
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The Earth does not move around the Sun at constant distance and speed. It would if it followed a circular orbit, but instead the...
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A revolution. That is how we measure years.
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It depends on the mass. Big ones may take longer.
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The moon rotates very slowly (27.3 days ) Meaning that the colony will be in darkness for about half a month at a time. This...
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Yes. The mass of the Earth is 5.9736 x 1024 kg.
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According to a contribution elsewhere on WikiAnswers, the international official mass of a ball (they're very sensitive about...
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g remains the same at 9.81 m/s^2 (9.81 meters per square seconds... only the seconds is squared) g (gravity) is only dependent...
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They are Voyageur 1 & 2 After they did their missions, they went out of our Solar system to Search for Aliens!
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What the moon phase looks like tonight
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Gravitational force
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The moon doesn't always rise at night. It rises and sets once in every period of about 24hours 50minutes. In the course of 29.5...
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The only city named Regina that I found was Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and a quick look at Google Maps shows a number of...
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Neil Armstrong flew in space in the Gemini 10 spacecraft with David Scott before Apollo 11.
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No The Moon Is Not Made Of Igneous rocks.
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The visible light around the rough Moon surface during a solar eclipse is caled Baily's Beads.
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The Earth only has one moon, or natural satellite. It is usually called "the Moon" or by its Latin name Luna (from which the...
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Height above the surface of a planet, moon etc is accompanied by a decrease in gravitational pull. But over something big, even...
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Because gravitational pull affects the weight of objects but not their mass. Therefore, if you "weigh" 100 pounds on earth you...
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The short answer is simple: No, the moon landings were not a hoax. The long answer is a little more complex. We'll need to...
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rotation . . . 27.32 daysrevolution around the earth . . . 27.32 daysrevolution around the sun . . . 365.256 days
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After the Korean war he was a Air Force pilot , and then came to work for N.a.s.A as a astronaut. He was chosen in the second...
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Actually Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on the moon on the 20/7/1969.For the first time.
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No. During a lunar eclipse, you can safely stare directly at the moon continuously, for the entire several hours that the eclipse...
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