Is moon a geostationary satellite to earth?

Question

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Answer 1

No,
Moon is too far for that,
If it would be geostationary, only a half of the earth could see it and tides would not occurs twice a day.

geostationary orbit is at 35800 km from earth.
Moon is at 300 000 km.

Answer 2

Geostationary means following the spin of earth so it's always above the same spot. But as you can see at night, the moon travels across the sky. It orbits the earth every 28 days and is not in a geostationary orbit.

Answer 3

Geostationary means that a satellite appears to stay over one place on the Earth. If you are at that place, the satellite is always right overhead. It never rises or sets.

The Moon appears to orbit the Earth, once a month. No matter where you are, the Moon rises in the east and sets in the west.

Answer 4

Geostationary means a sattelite's orbit matches the rotation of the earth. With the moon, it's orbit is much slower than the earth's rotation. Earth's rotation = 1 day, Moon's orbit = 28 days. A geostationary sattelite would have an orbit of 1 day.

Answer 5

No. For it to be geostationary, it would have to be about 23,600 miles high. It's about 10 times that distance, and while the Earth spins once on its axis in 24 hours, the moon takes 28 days to orbit the Earth.

Answer 6

Where the poster may be confused is that the moon not geostationary but rather is tidally locked so that the same side of the moon always faces the earth. Orbitally speaking, its rotation (day on Earth) matches its orbit perfectly (year on Earth).

Answer 7

No, because it rises and sets. Geostationary satellites stay still in the same spot in the sky all the time, day and night. That is how you can point your satellite TV dish at one spot and leave it there and always get the TV signals from the satellite.