English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

And if so, does it point towards the earth or towards the sun?

2007-12-09 09:42:27 · 3 answers · asked by Roy Nicolas 5 in Science & Mathematics Physics

3 answers

those my only two choices?

yes, it has a north pole.

2007-12-09 09:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0 0

The moon has no magnetic poles, but it makes one rotation and one revolution around the Earth each month, which is why it always has the same side facing Earth. The moon's rotation determines its north pole, which is determined by the right-hand rule---same as for Earth.

The moon's north pole is nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic, so to an observer on Earth, the moon's north pole star, viewed at the same time each night, makes a 23° 27' circle around Polaris once a year. At the winter solstice, that puts the moon's north pole star at declination 66° 33' opposite the sun from Polaris. That is somewhere in the constellation Draco.

2007-12-09 18:54:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

no. the moon has no magnetic north pole (im guessing here)
and it does not spin so it has no geographic north pole.

2007-12-09 17:52:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers