2007-08-31 20:57:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the moon is not pulled into the sun for the same reason you and I arn't. at this distance the earth has the strongest gravitational effect.
2007-09-01 00:21:51 · answer #1 · answered by jadespider9643 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The moon isn't attracted to the Sun because the Sun is far away. The Earth is close to the moon, so the moon is attracted to the Earth instead, which is in turn attracted by the Sun.
Hope this helps. :)
2007-09-01 14:44:54 · answer #2 · answered by Echo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is. But the Earth is closer. The basic principle of gravity is that the attraction is the mass divided by distance. From the suns perspective, the Earth and Moon are a single mass. They both orbit it. And the Earth and Moon orbit each other in a sense. The Moon being the smaller body, exhibits the greater movement, seen in it's orbit around the Earth. We see the smaller effect of the Moon upon the Earth, in the changing tides.
2007-09-01 04:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by anim8er2 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is, it is circling around the sun. So is the Earth. The moon is also circling around the Earth. The gravity between two objects is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to their square of the distance between them. What this means is that even though the sun is much more massive than the Earth, because the moon is so much closer to the Earth than to the Sun, ultimately the moon feels much more of the Earth's gravity than of the sun's gravity.
2007-09-01 04:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
tricky question think of it this way. both the earth and the moon are in orbit around the sun separately. If one or the other wasn't there they would still be in orbit around it because they are traveling at a certain speed. Also without air to slow them down weight doesn't matter they both fall equally quickly toward the sun. It just happens that the earth and moon are close enough they also fall toward one another in a dramatically visible way.
2007-09-01 04:11:05 · answer #5 · answered by disruption_grey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says it's not?
Not only is the moon attracted by the sun, the sun is also attracted by the moon.
And not only the sun, but all the other stars in the entire universe. Because gravity is universal, and its influence permeates the entire universe. All bodies in the universe attract each other.
Edit: What moron gave me a thumbs down?
2007-09-01 05:13:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because of its proximity to Earth. And technically speaking, all objects in the solar system are attracted to the Sun's gravity because they orbit it.
2007-09-01 04:02:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who told you that it's not attracted?
2007-09-01 14:00:04 · answer #8 · answered by Raven 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is.
2007-09-01 11:27:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is.
2007-09-01 04:05:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋