2006-12-07 12:56:22 · 6 answers · asked by clairekansas 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
the surface itself has a temperature, but there is no temperature 5 feet above the surface for example, but the side that is facing the sun is hot and the other side is cool, it does rotate, so not the same side is always facing the sun
2006-12-07 13:03:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atmosphere is not required for a temperature gradient or difference. All that needs to happen is for less energy to hit one spot compared to another. This energy difference is caused by the angle of the lunar surface to the suns rays.
If you have 1 square meter that is perpendicular to the suns rays, it will receive a given amount of energy and get so hot. If another 1 square meter is at a 60° angle, it will receive less energy and be cooler. The walls of the craters will be ar varying angles, thus receiving different amounts of energy. As you move to away from the spot on the moons surface where the suns rays hit perpendicular, you receive less energy per area.
Same thing with Earth. Winter is caused by the tilt of the axis of rotation. When the hemisphere you are in is tilted away from the sun, the surface receives less energy per square area than it did during the summer and is thus cooler.
2006-12-07 15:37:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is like the earth, at any element in elementary words 1/2 (possibly even lesser) of the Moon is dealing with the solar, so the temperature there'll be hotter because of warm temperature from the solar. and on the grounds that there is an fairly truly skinny environment (or none in any respect), there's no air to carry the nice and comfy temperature round to the different component to the Moon. hence the temperature vast difference will be there, and the version will be truly truly large.
2016-11-30 07:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The south pole of the moon is almost always in some kind of sun light, which in turn makes it hotter, this is do to solar radiation, as you said there is no atmosphere, as a matter of fact NASA is thinking of setting up a base on the moon in it's southern pole region do to it's constant sun light (solar power). So I hope this helps.
2006-12-07 13:05:38 · answer #4 · answered by matt v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dark side is much colder than the light side.
2006-12-07 12:58:33 · answer #5 · answered by mama_wizard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are certain spots were the sun hits more, as opposed to other spots were there are less
2006-12-07 12:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋