Orbit of the Moon

launched to the moon, it was not only the first probe to reach the moon it was the first probe to also hit the moon. This milestone quickly debunked the myths of it being impossible to reach the moon. Soon after reaching the moon the Soviets stepped up their game and put a man in space. After a long few months of experimenting with monkeys in space they finally did what was thought to be the impossible. In April of 1961 the soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth.…

a geologically dead world. There was an abundance of craters much like the moon. It was also from these spacecraft that we learned that Mars' polar caps were made of Carbon Dioxide ice instead of water ice. In 1971, Mariner 9 flew by Mars and mapped the entire planet down to 1 km. These images brought a wealth of information and it soon become clear that Mars was indeed a complex planet. It was not, in fact, like the moon and merely composed of a crater strewn rocky surface. Mariner 9 revealed…

proving the superiority of its technology and capability in spaceflight. The space race started when the Soviet union launched Sputnik which was the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made object to be placed into the Earth’s orbit in October 1957. Sputnik’s launch came as a surprise. A month later, it was followed by Sputnik II, which carried the first space traveller, Laika the dog. Their launch caused a huge shock all around the world, but especially in the United…

students interested in the moon, and engage in investigations about the moon’s orbit around the world, the change in its visibility from our own community, and how the moon has played a significant role in our history. This is a desirable unit of study because creating a unit that is heavy in science information, ensures that science is infused throughout the curriculum. Current standards for science in first grade ask for students to be able to recognize patterns in the moons movement across…

The rise and fall of sea levels caused by the effects of the gravitational forces applied by the moon, sun, and the rotation of the Earth are known as tides. The movements of the Earth, the sun, and the moon are key in understanding how tides work. Gravitational pull, centrifugal force, distance, and mass determine the actions of the ocean’s tides. Gravity and centrifugal force work in opposite directions to keep the ocean’s water levels balanced. As the Earth rotates on its axis, gravity pulls…

millions of years ago, the moon was created. Many believe it all started when a mars-sized planet impacted the Earth. Afterwards caught in the Earth’s orbit and soon formed into what became the moon. Up till now, scientists now acknowledge theories of the moon, the moon’s environment, and plenty know the understandings and compositions of the moon. Currently, the moon isn’t as uncommonly unknown to us now, ever since a little over four hundred years ago. That is, the moon - in theory - has…

planet is an object in space that orbits a star it sounds like a decent definition. However, this definition includes more than just planets. Many other things, such as moons, asteroids, and random debris all commonly orbit stars. These items are not planets so the definition would be deemed “too broad.” On the other end of the spectrum, we can try to be more specific and say that a planet is a large, solid, object in space with its own moon or moons that orbits a star. This seems like it covers…

made of water and 30% of the Earth is land. The Earth is larger than the moon. Earth has a powerful magnetic force. There is only one natural satellite of the planet Earth. Earth is the only planet that is not named after a god. The Earth only has 1 known moon. The mass of the Earth is 5,972,190,000,000,000 billion kg. The surface temperature of the Earth is between -88 degrees Celsius and 58 degrees Celsius. The orbit period of the Earth 365.26 Earth days. Mars Mars’s nickname is the…

Captoline Hill.Even though one could ever get the credit for how Venus was ever discovered,after researching several website I found that: Jeremiah Horrock was an English astronomer who was the first to demonstrate that the moon moved around the Earth in a orbit. In…

falls to it. When Newton observed the moon and its orbit, he decided that it must move in a circular motion because of a pulling force from Earth. From his reference frame, the moon seemed to remain the same size while it moved across the sky. This led Newton to believe that the moon moves in a circular pattern in relation to the earth. Because the moon does not continue in a straight line away from Earth, there must be a pulling force exerted by the Earth on the moon. This begged the question…