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it is so far that the angle does not change when you move.
similar thing happens with far-away mountains.

2006-07-07 21:42:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Ahh the following moon. Well the reason the moon appears to follow us is that is since it is fairly far away (about 385,000 km) and the distance you talk of moving is also rather small (maybe 100 km or less, or even perhaps 1000 km). We move a very small angle as seen from the moon. Imagine an ant moving on an ant hill 10 miles away. The ant moves around almost the entire hill and wonders why the human seems to follow it no matter where it goes. It is rather the same principle with the moon. And even clouds will seem to do this as well.

2006-07-08 04:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by GT Joe 1 · 0 0

It is so far away that our change in distance on earth means nothing in comparison with it's Length form earth. Because our movement is small in relevance of those facts the moon seems to be always with us.

2006-07-08 04:46:59 · answer #3 · answered by Axiom 3 · 0 0

It is due to the "Coreolis Effect" in which the light rays reflecting off the moon are bent less due to the reduced refractive index of the atmosphere caused by its cooling off at night.

2006-07-08 04:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

its called parallax
because the moon is so far away, it does not appear to move at all. to visualize this, look at two objects that are in front of you, one of which is close and one of which is far, and then walk side to side. the nearer object will appear to move more quickly than the object that is farther away

2006-07-08 04:44:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The landscape changes but the moon stays there .So we think it is coming to us

2006-07-08 04:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by qwine2000 5 · 0 0

Yeah that first dude has it right.

2006-07-08 04:44:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

lunar string

2006-07-08 04:44:36 · answer #8 · answered by Epidavros 4 · 0 0

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