Collect information about the path of revolution of moon around the earth and write a report

(1) There are several different periods associated with the lunar orbit. (2) The synodic month is the time it takes to make one complete orbit around the Earth with respect to the fixed stars. (3) It is about 27.32 days. (4) The synodic month is the time it takes the moon to reach the same visual phase. Categories • • (31.9k) • (8.8k) • (764k) • (261k) • (257k) • (218k) • (248k) • (2.9k) • (5.2k) • (664) • (121k) • (72.1k) • (3.8k) • (19.6k) • (1.4k) • (14.2k) • (12.5k) • (9.3k) • (7.7k) • (3.9k) • (6.7k) • (63.8k) • (26.6k) • (23.7k) • (14.6k) • (25.7k) • (530) • (84) • (766) • (49.1k) • (63.8k) • (1.8k) • (59.3k) • (24.5k)

\( \newcommand\) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • We are going to use the Earth-Moon system model once again, but this activity gets the children thinking about our scientific model in a different way; it also helps students understand the difference between rotation (a body spinning around on an internal axis), and revolution (one body circling around another) . These two motions are generally independent of each other; our Earth, for instance, rotates 365.25 times (days) for each single revolution around the Sun (year); this is not a whole-number ratio. Planets are generally not synchronized, that is to say their rotation time and revolution time do not divide evenly into one another. Our Moon (indeed most moons) are exceptions to this and have synchronized orbits, as we shall see. Facts you need to know • From here on Earth, we only see one side of the Moon, commonly called the near side. The only way to see the Moon’s far side, is to fly there in a space craft and take photos! • Rotation and Revolution are different! Things rotate on their axis the way a carousel spins on its central axis. To revolve, you must circle around a point outside your body. A tetherball revolves around the pole and the Earth revolves around the Sun. • All planets and moons both rotate and revolve; just as the Earth rotates on its axis once a day, and revolves around the Sun once a year. • The Moon is interesting because it rotates only once on its axis...

You've probably looked up at our planet's moon and noticed how beautiful it is. You've probably also noticed that sometimes it is full and bright, and sometimes you can only see part of it. And have you ever noticed that sometimes you can't see it at night, but you can during the day? Our view of the Moon changes because it's constantly moving through space, just like Earth is. The moon has two main movements: its revolution and its rotation. The Moon moves around the Earth in a movement called revolution. This is very similar to Earth's revolution around the Sun. The path the Moon takes to go all the way around the Earth is called its orbit. It takes about 27 days for the Moon to revolve around the Earth once. The revolution of the Moon around Earth is not its only movement, though! It's also spinning in space. The Moon spins in space in a movement called rotation. Oddly enough, it also takes the Moon about 27 days to spin around once (which is much slower than Earth's rotation, which only takes 24 hours). That means the Moon goes all the way around Earth in the same amount of time it takes to spin around just once! This makes it so we can only see one side of the Moon from Earth. The other side of the moon, which some people call the ''dark side'' of the Moon, has only been seen by a handful of humans: the Apollo astronauts when they visited the moon. You can see pictures of the dark side of the Moon, which have been taken by astronauts and space probes. The Moon's movem...

(1) There are several different periods associated with the lunar orbit. (2) The synodic month is the time it takes to make one complete orbit around the Earth with respect to the fixed stars. (3) It is about 27.32 days. (4) The synodic month is the time it takes the moon to reach the same visual phase. Categories • • (31.9k) • (8.8k) • (764k) • (261k) • (257k) • (218k) • (248k) • (2.9k) • (5.2k) • (664) • (121k) • (72.1k) • (3.8k) • (19.6k) • (1.4k) • (14.2k) • (12.5k) • (9.3k) • (7.7k) • (3.9k) • (6.7k) • (63.8k) • (26.6k) • (23.7k) • (14.6k) • (25.7k) • (530) • (84) • (766) • (49.1k) • (63.8k) • (1.8k) • (59.3k) • (24.5k)

\( \newcommand\) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • We are going to use the Earth-Moon system model once again, but this activity gets the children thinking about our scientific model in a different way; it also helps students understand the difference between rotation (a body spinning around on an internal axis), and revolution (one body circling around another) . These two motions are generally independent of each other; our Earth, for instance, rotates 365.25 times (days) for each single revolution around the Sun (year); this is not a whole-number ratio. Planets are generally not synchronized, that is to say their rotation time and revolution time do not divide evenly into one another. Our Moon (indeed most moons) are exceptions to this and have synchronized orbits, as we shall see. Facts you need to know • From here on Earth, we only see one side of the Moon, commonly called the near side. The only way to see the Moon’s far side, is to fly there in a space craft and take photos! • Rotation and Revolution are different! Things rotate on their axis the way a carousel spins on its central axis. To revolve, you must circle around a point outside your body. A tetherball revolves around the pole and the Earth revolves around the Sun. • All planets and moons both rotate and revolve; just as the Earth rotates on its axis once a day, and revolves around the Sun once a year. • The Moon is interesting because it rotates only once on its axis...

You've probably looked up at our planet's moon and noticed how beautiful it is. You've probably also noticed that sometimes it is full and bright, and sometimes you can only see part of it. And have you ever noticed that sometimes you can't see it at night, but you can during the day? Our view of the Moon changes because it's constantly moving through space, just like Earth is. The moon has two main movements: its revolution and its rotation. The Moon moves around the Earth in a movement called revolution. This is very similar to Earth's revolution around the Sun. The path the Moon takes to go all the way around the Earth is called its orbit. It takes about 27 days for the Moon to revolve around the Earth once. The revolution of the Moon around Earth is not its only movement, though! It's also spinning in space. The Moon spins in space in a movement called rotation. Oddly enough, it also takes the Moon about 27 days to spin around once (which is much slower than Earth's rotation, which only takes 24 hours). That means the Moon goes all the way around Earth in the same amount of time it takes to spin around just once! This makes it so we can only see one side of the Moon from Earth. The other side of the moon, which some people call the ''dark side'' of the Moon, has only been seen by a handful of humans: the Apollo astronauts when they visited the moon. You can see pictures of the dark side of the Moon, which have been taken by astronauts and space probes. The Moon's movem...

(1) There are several different periods associated with the lunar orbit. (2) The synodic month is the time it takes to make one complete orbit around the Earth with respect to the fixed stars. (3) It is about 27.32 days. (4) The synodic month is the time it takes the moon to reach the same visual phase. Categories • • (31.9k) • (8.8k) • (764k) • (261k) • (257k) • (218k) • (248k) • (2.9k) • (5.2k) • (664) • (121k) • (72.1k) • (3.8k) • (19.6k) • (1.4k) • (14.2k) • (12.5k) • (9.3k) • (7.7k) • (3.9k) • (6.7k) • (63.8k) • (26.6k) • (23.7k) • (14.6k) • (25.7k) • (530) • (84) • (766) • (49.1k) • (63.8k) • (1.8k) • (59.3k) • (24.5k)

\( \newcommand\) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • We are going to use the Earth-Moon system model once again, but this activity gets the children thinking about our scientific model in a different way; it also helps students understand the difference between rotation (a body spinning around on an internal axis), and revolution (one body circling around another) . These two motions are generally independent of each other; our Earth, for instance, rotates 365.25 times (days) for each single revolution around the Sun (year); this is not a whole-number ratio. Planets are generally not synchronized, that is to say their rotation time and revolution time do not divide evenly into one another. Our Moon (indeed most moons) are exceptions to this and have synchronized orbits, as we shall see. Facts you need to know • From here on Earth, we only see one side of the Moon, commonly called the near side. The only way to see the Moon’s far side, is to fly there in a space craft and take photos! • Rotation and Revolution are different! Things rotate on their axis the way a carousel spins on its central axis. To revolve, you must circle around a point outside your body. A tetherball revolves around the pole and the Earth revolves around the Sun. • All planets and moons both rotate and revolve; just as the Earth rotates on its axis once a day, and revolves around the Sun once a year. • The Moon is interesting because it rotates only once on its axis...

You've probably looked up at our planet's moon and noticed how beautiful it is. You've probably also noticed that sometimes it is full and bright, and sometimes you can only see part of it. And have you ever noticed that sometimes you can't see it at night, but you can during the day? Our view of the Moon changes because it's constantly moving through space, just like Earth is. The moon has two main movements: its revolution and its rotation. The Moon moves around the Earth in a movement called revolution. This is very similar to Earth's revolution around the Sun. The path the Moon takes to go all the way around the Earth is called its orbit. It takes about 27 days for the Moon to revolve around the Earth once. The revolution of the Moon around Earth is not its only movement, though! It's also spinning in space. The Moon spins in space in a movement called rotation. Oddly enough, it also takes the Moon about 27 days to spin around once (which is much slower than Earth's rotation, which only takes 24 hours). That means the Moon goes all the way around Earth in the same amount of time it takes to spin around just once! This makes it so we can only see one side of the Moon from Earth. The other side of the moon, which some people call the ''dark side'' of the Moon, has only been seen by a handful of humans: the Apollo astronauts when they visited the moon. You can see pictures of the dark side of the Moon, which have been taken by astronauts and space probes. The Moon's movem...