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Is an imaginary line from the earth to the moon a line a ray or a segment Why?
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It is a segment in case you do not know what a segment is it is a line with two end points
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What state has an arc of a perfect circle?
At the moment of a lunar eclipse... the state when the earth, moon and sun are in direct alignment with each other. Details: At night, when a full moon is in the sky, and when the sun is directly behind the earth in line with the moon, and the shadow of the earth is projected onto the moon's surface.... "The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle."~Nicolaus Copernicus. A similar effect can be observed during an annular eclipse of the sun, when the moon comes between the earth and the sun, obscuring the sun except for a bright ring of sunlight around the circumference.
Does a moon have line rotational symmetry?
Yes it does. when tilted it has the same symmetric line.
The position of a coastal area during a low tide?
It is on a side of Earth that is perpendicular to the moon.
What is a real life example of a locus?
it can be like the earth round the sun, the moon round the earth, the lines in the middle of a road, anything that's a constant distance away from something.
What is a real world example of an ellipse?
A real-world example of an ellipse is the orbit of any object around another, when it is bound by gravitation - the Earth around the Sun, the Moon around the Earth, two stars in a double-star system (around their center of mass), etc.A real-world example of an ellipse is the orbit of any object around another, when it is bound by gravitation - the Earth around the Sun, the Moon around the Earth, two stars in a double-star system (around their center of mass), etc.A real-world example of an ellipse is the orbit of any object around another, when it is bound by gravitation - the Earth around the Sun, the Moon around the Earth, two stars in a double-star system (around their center of mass), etc.A real-world example of an ellipse is the orbit of any object around another, when it is bound by gravitation - the Earth around the Sun, the Moon around the Earth, two stars in a double-star system (around their center of mass), etc.
Why is it an imaginary line from earth to the moon?
it's a segment.
Why is the line a segment from earth to the moon?
It is a segment because it has two end points, point A and point B.
Does the moon have an axis?
Yes, but not in the ordinary sense. The moon is gravitationally locked to the Earth, meaning it doesn't rotate independently along an imaginary line passing through its poles. As the Earth both rotates on its own axis and revolves around the Sun, the moon's orientation along that imaginary line changes with respect to the ecliptic every 27.3 days, so the moon can be said to rotate on that axis.
What imaginary line does the moon rotate around earth?
It's "axis" is probably the answer, but the question doesn't make complete sense.
What is the name of the imaginary line the moon rotates on?
the axis
Why doesn't a lunar eclipse happen every time at full moon?
The full moon is rarely 100% full. Typically, the Earth is close enough to an imaginary line from the sun to the moon that the moon appears full, but is not actually.
Does the moon have a north and south pole?
Tides are greatest at places on earth where the moon (and the sun) pass directly over. At the right time of year, when the moon and sun basically follow the equator, there will be no tides at the poles. At other times there will be some, though very little tidal action at the poles.
When the earth the moon and the sun are in line what can occur?
When the Earth, Sun and Moon are in line an eclipse can occur.
Why is half countrys of the earth is day and half of the country of the earth is night?
Because the earth spins on it's axis with a sun on one side of the earth and the moon the other side of the earth and there is an imaginary line across half of the earth and which half gets on to the sun or moon side it is night and so that means the other half is day.
Does the moon have equaters?
An equator is simply an imaginary line across the middle of the planetoid. So yes, the moon has an equator.
What is the arrangement of earth the moon and the sun of a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, Moon. The moon is covered by the Earth's shadow.
What is the correct order during a lunar eclipse?
during a lunar eclipse, earth, sun and moon are in a straight line, First it's the sun, then earth, and last the moon.
