What is the distance from the center of the earth to the moon?
How many days does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
How far the moon travels (in miles) around the earth?
2007-07-06 11:32:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Try this website to learn more about the Moon:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon
It takes the Moon one month to orbit the Earth. That's how we define a month.
Lunar Sidereal Period: 27.3 days
Lunar Synodic Period: 29.5 days
I hope this helps, at least a bit.
2007-07-06 11:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by Space_is_Cool! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. About 238,000 miles
2. About 29 days
3. As the moon travels around the earth, the earth is moving around the sun. So in one year, there are about 12 and 2/5th total cycles of the moon, in which it travels approximately 2*pi*93,000,000 miles. So the travel per cycle is 580,000,000/12.4 or 48,000,000 miles.
2007-07-06 11:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know it take about 27 days for the moon to orbit earth, and it rotates at the same speed.
2007-07-07 06:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by ~n~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At it's closest it is 225.500 Miles, the farthest is 256,700 miles. the synodic month is 29. 5 day long. About 1,500,000 miles.
2007-07-10 08:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quit asking for people to do your homework for you.
Look it up in Wikipedia.
2007-07-06 12:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋