Is the moon really just a star that is close enough we can see it good?

Answer 1

No, the moon doesn't burn and produce heat like a star. And the moon doesn't radiate light like stars, it just reflects it.

Answer 2

No, the moon is too small to ever be or have been a star. Our sun is a star. The energy created in stars is from nuclear fission. The moon is not big enough to generate nuclear fission from its gravity like our sun does. Even though the sun and the moon may appear to be the same size, they are not. The sun is 93 million miles away from us and the moon is only about 200,000 miles away. That's why they look the same size... the moon is much closer.

Answer 3

Technically no, a star is a fiery ball of gas that can be seen from light-years away. The moon is a rocky planetary body that is in orbit around a planet. We can only see the moon when it reflects light from the sun, the light the moon gives off is not bright enough to be seen across space as a star.

Answer 4

No, put very, very simply, stars are burning gas...just like the sun (the sun is a star in case you did not know). The moon is made of rock. So the moon cannot be a star.

Answer 5

The moon is a rock stuck in orbit around the Earth. It does not produce light on it's own. The reason the moon shines is because it is reflecting light from the sun back on the Earth.

Answer 6

No Moon is not a star. It is a satellite of Earth. Scientists are of the opinion that Moon got separated from Earth due to a collision of a meteorite many many ages ago.

Answer 7

nope. A star is any massive gaseous body in outer space, just like the Sun. Unlike a planet, a star generates energy through nuclear fusion and therefore emits light. the moon is a planetary satellite.

Answer 8

No. The moon is a lunar object. The closest star we have is millions of miles away in space
American Heritage® Dictionary: Description of star
NOUN: 1a. A self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy generated by nuclear reactions in the interior is balanced by the outflow of energy to the surface, and the inward-directed gravitational forces are balanced by the outward-directed gas and radiation pressures. b. Any of the celestial bodies visible at night from Earth as relatively stationary, usually twinkling points of light. c. Something regarded as resembling such a celestial body

Answer 9

The Sun is the star of the day and the Moon is the star of the night. The moon burned bright several quintillion years ago and suddenly lost its flame after being bombarded by a comet called Shocka Shulu.

Answer 10

does this answer your question.



star is defined as
....A self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy generated by nuclear reactions in the interior is balanced by the outflow of energy to the surface, and the inward-directed gravitational forces are balanced by the outward-directed gas and radiation pressures.

does that definition in anyway sound like a good description of the moon to you.

moon is defined as
....often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 356,000 kilometers (221,600 miles) distant at perigee and 406,997 kilometers (252,950 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,160 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.
.......A natural satellite revolving around a planet.
.....The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases: a gibbous moon.
....A month, especially a lunar month.
....A. disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.
...Moonlight.
...Something unreasonable or unattainable: They acted as if we were asking for the moon.
...Slang The bared buttocks.