IF an astronaut threw a paper airplane on the moon,would it still be flying to this day ?

Question

There would no gravity to slow it down .

Answer 1

the moon does have gravity (any matter has gravity), just less than we do on earth (about 1/6 of what earth has) because it's smaller. so it would fly longer on the moon but it would be pulled down eventually.

Answer 2

no it would not be flying to this day. what makes a paper air plane fly on earth is the atmosphere. The is very little atmosphere on the moon. If you threw a paper airplane on the moon it would do the same thing as throwing a rock on the moon and fall to the surface. So even though the gravity pull is less than the earth it is still enough to pull the paper down immediately. Another note on that when the astronauts walked on the moon they had to be very careful because the gravity was less the would start running out of control. One astronaut did fall down because of this problem

Answer 3

Since paper airplanes depend on air for lift (well made ones do at least, poorly made ones are no better than a balled up piece of paper) and the moon has no atmosphere this is an interesting question.

There is a certain velocity (dependent on the mass of the body being orbited and the radius of the orbit) where an object will maintain a constant orbit. If he threw it faster, it would fly off into outer space probably never to be seen again. If he threw it slower, it would fall to the surface of the moon. If he threw it just right, it would orbit the moon indefinitely.

Answer 4

No because it still has gravity...
Gravity is what keeps paper airplanes from forever flying on the Earth.

Answer 5

the gravitational accelleration (the rate at which objects fall) is 1.66 m/s^2 on the moon, this being said, it might take a while for the paper airplane to fall but eventually it will

Answer 6

There would also be no air to keep it aloft.

Answer 7

Oh yes there is. And no, it wouldn't.