2007-07-17 19:58:06 · 22 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
One: It doesnt orbit the sun, a body must orbit the sun in order to be a planet, after passing other tests. Also, since it doesnt orbit the sun, it is impossibel to determine one test, a roughly sperical orbit around the sun.
Two: Well, its gravity has formed it into a sphere. Test two passed
Three: The center of revolution between the earth and the moon is within the earth's surface. This is another failed test, although a technical test, it still means that the moon is too small to be deemed a planet, as compared to earth.
Basically, an object that orbits another body other than the sun is a moon, unless it is large enough to be considered a double planet, which the moon-earth system is not.
2007-07-17 20:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by Simon H 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because it is a satellite of Earth. Some scientists believe that the moon 'broke off' of the Earth long ago, but never escaped Earth's gravity. But the moon IS actually referred to as a 'planet' sometimes, like when the astronauts landed there during the Apollo program.
2007-07-18 09:13:04 · answer #2 · answered by tracyterry 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Moons orbit planets. Planets orbit stars
2007-07-18 10:19:32 · answer #3 · answered by Encyclopedia Magandaca 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Moon is not a planet. It is a Moon 0.0 It is considered part of earth seeing as it orbits around earth and not the sun....
2007-07-18 03:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by moon 111 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A planet orbits around a star. A moon orbits around a planet.
2007-07-18 03:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by speed_demon_1775 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because it's a moon. Planets have moons that orbit around them. It's our planet's moon.
Um, I could be wrong. haha, just what I remember from elementary school astronomy.
2007-07-18 03:02:38 · answer #6 · answered by a.lane 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Each planet has moon(s) that revolve around it! The sun has planets that revolve around it! Oh and Pluto isn't a planet anymore! It is a dwarf planet! They found dwarf planets biger than it!
2007-07-18 10:36:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the moon orbits around the earth.
Planets orbit around the sun.
Any body that orbits around another planet is called a "moon". Jupiter has several moons.
Any body that orbits around the sun, is deemed a planet.
2007-07-18 03:01:06 · answer #8 · answered by Vol 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If you consider the earth as the son of the sun, then the moon can be taken as the son of the earth. Then moon is the grand son of the sun.So the grandson cannot be taken as the son of the sun ;is it not?
2007-07-18 07:05:37 · answer #9 · answered by Arasan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the moon orbits the planets and not the sun and because the moon is a satelite
2007-07-18 03:13:23 · answer #10 · answered by 2sly4u 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋