correct me if i am wrong the moon orbits the earth doesnt it?

Answer 1

Yes the Moon does orbit the Earth just as Earth orbits the sun. The moon goes around Earth once every 28 days.

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Answer 2

Correct, the moon orbits the Earth - but that does not mean it orbits around the Earth! A geo-stationary orbit is like a wave in front of before continuing sometime later.
The moon..one day low on the horizon, the next high in the heavens and then for more hours per day than usual which indicates the impossiblity that it would be seen by all everywhere on earth. The Eb and Flo of seas and oceans are resultant of the moons effect on the earth.

Answer 3

Yes, the Moon orbits the Earth. But, as the Earth orbits the Sun, the Moon also orbits the Sun. The Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way, so eventually the Moon will orbit the entire galaxy !

Answer 4

Yes, the Moon orbits the Earth.

Answer 5

The Earth's Moon is the fifth largest in the whole solar system, and is bigger than the planet Pluto. The Moon has a nearly circular orbit (e=0.05) which is tilted about 5° to the plane of the Earth's orbit. Its average distance from the Earth is 384,400 km. The combination of the Moon's size and its distance from the Earth causes the Moon to appear the same size in the sky as the Sun, which is one reason we can have total solar eclipses.
It takes the Moon 27.322 days to go around the Earth once. Because of this motion, the Moon appears to move about 13° against the stars each day, or about one-half degree per hour. If you watch the Moon over the course of several hours one night, you will notice that its position among the stars will change by a few degrees. The changing position of the Moon with respect to the Sun leads to lunar phases.

Have you ever heard the term the 'far-side' of the Moon? Because of the effect on the Moon of tidal forces due to the Earth, the same side of the moon always faces the Earth. In other words, it takes the Moon the same amount of time to rotate around once as it does for the Moon to go around the Earth once. Therefore, Earth-bound observers can never see the 'far-side' of the Moon. Tidal forces cause many of the moons of our solar system to have this type of orbit.

Answer 6

To be technically nitpicky, the earth and moon orbit around a common centre of gravity located between the two objects (that point where their masses balance each other, like two differently sized kids on a teeter totter).

But due to the fact the earth is 81 times as massive as the moon, that centre is actually about 1700 km below the earth's surface.
So from our point of view the moon orbits the earth.

Answer 7

I'm sorry to disappoint most of you here but the the Earth and the moon both orbit the Sun. The Earth and the Moon act to keep each other in a more stable orbit which does not decrease as much as that of, say, Venus or Mecury, which have no moons, so the Sun is free to draw them on an ever decreasing spiral towards itsself.

The fact is that even the Moon does not complete an orbit around the Earth because as the Earth moves along through space, the Moon does not not return to same position every month. Thus, it 'weaves' it's way around the Earth, in what appears to be an unstable Solar orbit just as the Earth 'weaves' its way around the Sun, as it. too, hurtles around the vast Milky Way Galaxy.

Please don't make me draw it for you'!

Answer 8

Correct - the moon orbits the earth, which in turn orbits the sun.

The gravitational pull of the moon combined with it orbitting the earth causes tides in oceans, seas and rivers throughout the world! Also, as the moon's orbit is not circular, its slightly eliptical, this causes the difference in the size of tides throughout the year.

Answer 9

Of course it does!! We believe that the moon is actually rock broken off from Earth. That's why it's in orbit around us. (and of course, earth orbits the sun, while the moon orbits earth).

Answer 10

Yes, the moon orbits the Earth. Nearly all the planets in our solar system have one or more moons that orbit that planet. Our moon orbits Earth once every day...approximately ...I mean it orbits the Earth 28 times in one month....so it is not exactly a 24 hour orbit time. In other words, the Earth does NOT orbit the moon.