2006-10-29 11:54:21 · 13 answers · asked by Amjed A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, thats why we get half and full moons etc.
2006-10-29 11:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by Kickback 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. It all depends on size and distance. The Earth is much bigger than the moon and is fairly close to it in respect to distances in space. The Earth creates a gravitation attraction that results in the the moon's orbit around the earth as the Earth orbits around the sun in addition to the moon. The moon wouldn't revolve around sun. even though the sun is many times over bigger than the earth it is at a far greater distance than the earth so it's pull would be less than that of earth.
2006-10-29 20:08:53 · answer #2 · answered by ElDarado05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Both the moon and the Earth revolve around their centre of gravity which is about 1000 miles inside the Earth NOT the centre
2006-10-30 05:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by bwadsp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the moon revolves around the Earth. It takes about 27.5 days for the moon to revolve around Earth once.
2006-10-29 21:08:54 · answer #4 · answered by bldudas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity causes the Earth to rovolve around the sun. Therefore, the Earth exerts a gravitational pull on the moon in order for the moon to revolve around the Earth.
2006-10-29 19:59:31 · answer #5 · answered by Warpforce3022 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure about the "moom", but the moon does. :) It revolves in a cycle of approx. 28 days
2006-10-29 19:56:38 · answer #6 · answered by Katie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Indeed.
And one of it's unusual qualities is that it takes the same amount of time to rotate on it's axis as it takes to orbit the earth.
This means that from the earth's surface you only ever see one face of the moon.
The far side (sometimes, incorrectly, called the dark side) was only seen for the first time by the early Apollo missions.
2006-10-29 20:05:09 · answer #7 · answered by Blathers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't use to revolve around the earth, but after Copernicus, it has been circling the Earth.
2006-10-29 19:57:34 · answer #8 · answered by geek49203 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, I hope so, every 28 days. I believe it was put there to remind us lads when our girl is going to go hormonal on us. You know we don't get the subtle signs so a big shiny dish in the sky is sure to get our attention
2006-10-29 20:08:12 · answer #9 · answered by Yeah yeah yeah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Moon" does...what is a "moom"??
2006-10-29 19:56:26 · answer #10 · answered by Jim P 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋