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2007-01-05 07:43:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

13 answers

Yes, the moon does look upside down in the southern hemisphere relative to how it would appear in the northern hemisphere.

The moon's orientation relative to the earth's north and south poles is constant, but the observers in the different hemispheres are oriented differently (assuming they are both standing straight up) because the earth's gravity is pulling them in different directions. If two observers are oriented such that their 'up' directions are on opposite sides of the moon's orbit, then they don't see the moon with the same orientation.

2007-01-05 08:12:08 · answer #1 · answered by KurleyKyew 2 · 3 0

great question! before everything, the Moon and sunlight and planets would be interior the Northern sky fairly of the Southern sky. Now think of which you're finding on the Moon, right here interior the Northern hemisphere, while it somewhat is extreme interior the sky. Spin around one hundred eighty tiers and seem on the Moon back. This time you will ought to lean your head some time past and, sure, it somewhat is going to look upside-down. this is the way it seems in Australia!

2016-11-26 22:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Think of two balls, one football (the Earth), and one ping-pong ball (the Moon), separated by a few meters.
Mark a dot on the "top" of the ping-pong ball.
Now take a lead soldier (2cm high) and put it on the top of the football. This is YOU, on the North side of Earth, looking at the Moon. "You" see the dot on the Moon at the top, and the moon is on the horizon.
Move the soldier to the bottom of the football (in Australia or south pole). Look at the moon THROUGH the eyes of the lead soldier: the dot is on the "bottom" of the Moon, and the moon is still at the horizon!
Now put the soldier on the equator. To him, the moon is right UP in the sky (above his head!), and the dot can be to his right or his left.
The Moon does not "turn" around. Your POINT of VIEW does!

2007-01-05 09:32:35 · answer #3 · answered by just "JR" 7 · 0 0

Of course not. Put your brain in gear. Draw 2 circles, 1 for the earth and 1 for the moon, put an x on the earth one, where Australia would be and another x where the UK would be, now look at what you have drawn and think about it.

2007-01-07 09:22:21 · answer #4 · answered by Spanner 6 · 0 1

Depends on where it is in the sky I would think. Although they would be viewing a little differently it probably wouldnt be upside down. If you had one person on the north pole and one on the south pole then that would be completely upside down in relation to each other.

2007-01-05 07:57:19 · answer #5 · answered by E 5 · 0 1

I always though that the northern hemispere of the globe was upsidedown and and the people on that hemispere look at thing up side down. It is only those in the south that look at things right side up.

2007-01-05 08:00:37 · answer #6 · answered by goring 6 · 0 1

No. From every single spot on earth you'll always see the same rabbit-faced side of the moon, at practically the same perspective.

2007-01-05 08:04:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

it has no up or down just looks normal to me

2007-01-05 07:51:19 · answer #8 · answered by mark b 2 · 0 1

Good question

2007-01-05 07:46:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

MAY BE

2007-01-05 08:06:38 · answer #10 · answered by nita 2 · 0 1

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