What is the relationship between the Sun, Moon, and Earth?
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The Sun, Earth, and Moon are all gravitationally tied together. In other words, the interaction of their individual gravitational fields closely relates one to the other. The Earth/Moon system moves around the Sun in a particular orbit. Should the Sun somehow disappear, the movement of the Earth/Moon system would be radically altered. Even the Sun, the largest mass of the three objects, has its movement through space influenced by the gravity of the Earth and Moon. If we could view our Sun from several light years away, we'd notice that it moves through space not in a straight line, but instead a wavy line as the Earth/Moon system tugs at it.
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the Moon\n\nwhy?\n\nthe Sun has a greater gravitational pull on Earth, than the Moon does.\n\nbut what matters are tidal forces, i.e. the difference in how strong the body pulls on the side of the Earth closer to it, and the other side, further from it.\n\nin the case of the Sun, which is very far, the difference in the force on the side of the Earth facing the Sun, and that facing away, is tiny\n\nwhereas in the case of the Moon, which is of course much smaller but also much, much closer, that difference is quite important\n\ntherefore, on the Earth, the tidal forces from the Moon are massively higher than those from the Sun\n\nwhich is why the Moon controls tides
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Lunar eclipse happen more frequently than solar.(earth has a larger shadow then the moon.)
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the moon rotates around the earth and the earth rotates around the sun, and the earth rotates on it's axis.  sometimes that places the moon on the 'daytime' side of the earth.  depending on where it is relative to the sun that day, we'll see a crescent moon, or half moon—sometimes we won't even see the moon though it's there.\n\nimagine you are the earth and you are holding a heavy ball (the moon) on a rope and spinning around in a circle fast enough to see the ball up in front of you, while at the same time walking in a circle around a house (the sun).  quite often, you would see both the ball and the house at the same time.\n\n//
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This is a consequence of the Earth having moved in its own orbit duuring the time the Moon goes around Earth.  Consider Full Moon.  This requires Sun, Earth, Moon to be in a straight line, and lined up in that order.  27.3 days later the Moon is in the same position with respect to Earth, but Earth has moved with respect to Sun, so no straight line.  To get to that requires that extra 2+ days.
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Lunar calendars measure the time it takes for the moon to revolve around the earth (28 day cycles).  Solar calendars measure the time it takes for the earth to go around the sun (365 day cycles--aka years).  \n\nLunar New Year, then, is determined by finding counting the cycles from the last New Year.  That's why Lunar New Year is always on a different day (of the "regular" calendar).
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Actually-\nbecause every living thing is made of atoms (science)\nand every atom is affected gravitationaly by the motion and position of the moon, planets, sun etc. (science)\nthere is more science involved in astrology than you might think.\nExample:\nStart with two people.\nLets say that you (the atomic system that makes you) was concieved or developed in utero when the sun was closest to the earth.\nAnd I was concieved or developed in utero when the Sun was farthest from the earth.\nHear me out.\nYou will be more physically in your element, or operating at optimum performence, so to speak, when the sun is closer than when it is farther away.\nI will be the opposite, I will feel at my optimum best when the sun is farther away.\nThis is basically the same reason that people will feel slightly heavier (not visibly noticable, but still felt) when the sun and moon are somewhat aligned and you are on the side of the earth opposite the sun. This is because the gravitaional forces of the sun and moon combine (attempting to pull you through the earth) with the earths to pull resulting in a gteater force downward towards the earths surface.\n\nOne of the biggest misconceptions is that astrology is not related to science. \n\nI am not an astrologer, nor do I advocate astrology, in fact, most astrologers have not made this connection yet, but I do see the science in planetary location as it relates to atomic systems.\n\nFood for thought.
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We have the ability now to measure the orbit of the Earth, and all other planets, to very high precision, and it is not getting closer to the Sun.\n\nYou can do a very rough measurement yourself. If the Earth gets closer to the Sun, the Sun will appear bigger in the sky. Measure it in photographs taken by the same telescope a year apart. \n\nAnother consideration is this. Currently, the Moon and Sun appear the same size in the sky, which produces spectacular total eclipses of the Sun. If the Earth got just a little closer to the Sun, the Moon would no longer be able to completely cover the Sun. So if total solar eclipses continue as usual, that is evidence the Earth is not getting any nearer to the Sun.
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because the sun's gravitational pull is much greater than the earth's...same reason the moon goes around the earth and not the other way around
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The earth orbits the sun; the moon orbits the earth. The cycles of rotation are different meaning that the moon will orbit the earth many times every year. This means that it will very often be in a position to be seen during the day. The moon itself has no axial rotation so on earth we always see the same side of the moon.
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No.  The sun is one of the stars. The earth and the other planets move around the star we call our sun.
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It has to do with the path of the earth and the sun through space.\n\nThe websites I've attached should help.
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A full moon occurs when the sun and the moon are on opposite sides of the Earth, so a full moon WILL rise at ABOUT the same time the sun sets.
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A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. Due to a remarkable coincidence, the apparent size of the moon of the sky is almost exactly the same as the apparent size of the sun, and from our point of view here on Earth, it seems to gradually "cover" the sun.
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both are always in the sky. sun goes round the earth and the earth goes round the moon. depends on the time of year moon cycles etc etc
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Yes. The moon is a satellite of the earth and it, along with all the other planets and moons in our planetary system go about  making up our solar system.\n\nSolar system meaning our planetary system rotating around our sun and our sun being referred to as sol, thus becomes our solar system. \n\nGood question, \n\nDarryl S.
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1.) The Earth and moon formed together at the birth of the solar system.\n\n2.) So-called "fission" theory; the moon just sort of randomly split off from the Earth over their history.\n\n3.) The Earth's gravity captured it as it passed through from somewhere else.\n\n& last, the theory most astronomers today support:\n\n4.) A large object collided with the Earth in its early times, sending debris flying into space, which would eventually coalesce to form the moon.