since the moon is a reflection of the sun, how can this be
2006-12-02 14:05:59 · 9 answers · asked by scubasteve0692003 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the moon is white so the reflection is white
2006-12-02 14:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by jake 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun appears yellow due to the temperature of its surface, about 5800 degrees Kelvin. There's a direct relationship between temperature and the wavelength of light produced by the object. The moon is a cold, gray object that reflects the light of the sun.
2006-12-02 15:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by Deleted 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you go to school? Everybody knows that the moon is the back side of the Sun. When you see the moon during the day, you are actually seeing a double reflection of the back side of the Sun (the Moon) which is reflected off the interior surface of the "Firmament" (Where God keeps the water he used for Noah's flood) it is then re-reflected to the opposite interior side of the Firmament where it appears normal in the sky. I hope this explains it for you.
2006-12-03 01:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it mainly has to do with the mineral content of the Moon..and it some regards, the Sun (metalicity of a star).
Both bodies reflect light in differnent patterns based on what mineral the light source is being bounced off.....in the case of the Sun, however, it's intense radiation produces a yellow tint (in its corona)..giving it a yellow hue (the nuclear processes inside the sun, give it a very bright white color).
That's how, for example, we can tell Neptune and Titan have methane in their respective atmospheres...based on the color analysis (on how the Sun's rays are absorbed in the atmosphere)...Neptune has a high concentration, giving it a blue hue..if you burn methane on this planet, it would give it a blue hue for a flame!
2006-12-02 14:17:02 · answer #4 · answered by Charlie Bravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is hot! It's temperature dicates the colour of the light which it radiates. The element on your stove top works the same way: it gets hot enough to emit red light. If it could get as hot as the sun, it would look yellow.
The moon is cold and does not emit any of it's own radiation. The matter on its surface absorbs some of the light from sun and reflects the light which is the colour that we see.
2006-12-02 14:16:54 · answer #5 · answered by csferrie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun looks white to me. You can't look at it without a filter, but if you have a good neutral density filter, which does not change colors of things it dims, the sun looks pure white. At sunset it looks yellow or red, but that is due to the air near the horizon. The Moon looks yellow or red near the horizon too.
2006-12-02 14:38:25 · answer #6 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We see different colours because of the way light reflects off objects and what not. The moon appears whitish because of the mineral composition that makes up the surface of the moon reflects the light back in that certain manner.
2006-12-02 14:16:35 · answer #7 · answered by Jumbo Baby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sun radiates so much of heat energy which makes it a yellow star
the moon does not have heat energy so it takes the energy of the sun, it depends on the intensity of the hheat that characterises the colour of the object
2006-12-02 14:34:03 · answer #8 · answered by sandhyavandanam s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun looks white too.
Don't look directly at the sun. It will damage your eyes.
2006-12-02 14:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋