The light coming from moon is the reflected part of sun only then why does it feel so cold ,on the other side sun rays are hotter.
2006-09-08 20:26:48 · 14 answers · asked by Rahim 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
sing along! "oh the sun is a mass of incandescent gas; a gigantic nuclear furnace. where hydrogen's converted into helium, at a temperature of millions of degrees..."
2006-09-08 20:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of chemical reactions are underway in the sun continuously. For example, nuclear fusion is being taken place in the sun which emit large amount of energy. This explains why the sun is much hotter than the moon. For the moon, NO such chemical reactions are being taken place.
NO heat, NO energy is emitted from the moon DIRECTLY. Those energy reflected from the moon is only INDIRECTLY absorbed from the sun.
On one side where the sunlight directly shine on, the temperature can be very high. It can be up to over 100 degree because there is no air,
no atmosphere on the moon. But on the other side, the temperature can be as low as below zero degree since sunlight can not reach there.
No source of energy, so no heat and low temperature... You know???
2006-09-09 05:54:42 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider the amount of light during night and day. The moonlight is only a dim light, because the Moon reflects only a small portion of the photons emitted by the Sun. The rest is absorbed by the surface of the Moon. The light and heat reflected from the moon are proportional.
2006-09-09 04:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by ozer_unlu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sun is a star, generating heat mainly through the process of fusion. The Earth's moon, like the Earth itself, is a mass of material that has been cooling off since the formation of the Solar System billions of years ago. The moon's surface is heated to some extent by the rays of the Sun.
The light being reflected off the surface of the Moon is fairly bright, but not nearly enough light is being reflected for us to actually feel any "heat". To demonstrate this effect for yourself, try standing 100 feet away from a blazing campfire, and hold out one of your palms in front of your face. Your hand is illuminated by the light from the fire, but you certainly can't feel any heat coming from the reflected light off your hand.
I hope this helps you understand the difference between an actual light source, and a source of reflected light. They're very different in terms of what you see and feel!
2006-09-09 04:15:47 · answer #4 · answered by David M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon does not produce any heat. It's just a rock in space in our Earth's gravity. The sun is acutually a huge burning ball of energy, likely due to hot fusion.
2006-09-09 03:32:21 · answer #5 · answered by justdennis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The side of moon which faces the sun is quite hot.. The other side gets no sunlight, so it's cold.
2006-09-09 03:29:12 · answer #6 · answered by astrokid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is just a big inert rock, and the sun is undergoing reactions producing heat, light, and other materials. It has mainly to do with the chemical composition of both respective celestial bodies.
2006-09-09 03:30:18 · answer #7 · answered by Richardicus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the moon don't have atmosphere to retain the "hot". I mean almost radiation scape to the space... The same will be happen to the Earth if our atmosphere desaapeard... a Cold earth.
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2006-09-09 08:13:49 · answer #8 · answered by Juan D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could the source of heat be cooler than the absorbing mass located hundreds of thousands of miles away from it?
2006-09-09 03:36:20 · answer #9 · answered by reza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't have a fusion reaction going on at its' core.
Doug
2006-09-09 03:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋