2007-04-05 22:10:49 · 3 answers · asked by Hanis . 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Well I suppose you could look at the data on the wiki pages and try to estimate the average distance by taking:
Ave distance from Earth to Moon: 384,403km
Mean Radius of Moon: 1,737.103 km
Mean Radius of Earth: 6,372.797
And then adding all of that together.
But the thing is, the moon's orbit is not a perfect circle. Neither are the Earth and Moon perfect spheres. So the figure you would arrive at with this would be an approximate average.
2007-04-06 04:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Careful, one of your answers is incorrect. You do not take the distance to the moon and add the radii of earth and moon. All distances quoted in tables are already center to center distances.
So just look up the answer: 384 000 km.
Its orbit is almost a perfect circle. Go to the internet and look up apogee and perigee of moon's orbit (farthest distance and nearest distance) if you want more info.
Remember, the numbers in the tables are center to center, not surface to surface.
2007-04-07 03:43:04 · answer #2 · answered by Rob S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's something like 250,000 miles.
2007-04-05 23:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by Mark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋