Astronomy Cycles
Astronomical Cycles and Their Effects on Planet Earth
By Harry Mowat
The orbit of the Moon around the sun
The Moon orbits around the Earth every 27.3 days. The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a circular orbit but more of an eclipse and the orientation or the orbit is not fixed but differs in time. The Earth and the Moon are both actually orbiting the sun (the Moon at a much faster rate) but in the process of that orbit the Moon orbits Earth. This process is the main cause of tide formations, the neap and spring tides and the phases of the moon.
The orbit of the Moon around Earth
Image to display the relationship between moon orbiting Earth and Earth orbiting the sun
The Moon orbiting Earth and the effects it has for neap and spring tides
A spring tide is a tide with the greatest difference between low and high water levels, a neap tide is a tide with the least difference between low and high water levels. Spring and neap tides happen due to the different stages at which the moon is orbiting earth. Spring tides are created when the moon is new or full therefore the gravitational of the sun and the moon are combined. Neap tides are created when the moon’s quarter phases and the moon and the sun are at right angles creating the bulges to cancel each other.
The Moon orbiting the Earth and it’s effects of phases of the Moon …show more content…
It takes 24 hours for Earth to do a full rotation (1 day). The speed at which Earth rotates is 1000 miles per hours or 1600 kilometers per hour. Earth spins because of how it was formed. Around 4.6 billion years ago a very large cloud of gas and dust collapsed under it owns gravity and as it collapsed it began to spin. Material in the cloud began to create swirling eddies which formed into planets (such as Earth) and they have kept the spinning motion. Earth has continued to spin because the are no forces acting upon it to which could create it to
By Harry Mowat
The orbit of the Moon around the sun
The Moon orbits around the Earth every 27.3 days. The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a circular orbit but more of an eclipse and the orientation or the orbit is not fixed but differs in time. The Earth and the Moon are both actually orbiting the sun (the Moon at a much faster rate) but in the process of that orbit the Moon orbits Earth. This process is the main cause of tide formations, the neap and spring tides and the phases of the moon.
The orbit of the Moon around Earth
Image to display the relationship between moon orbiting Earth and Earth orbiting the sun
The Moon orbiting Earth and the effects it has for neap and spring tides
A spring tide is a tide with the greatest difference between low and high water levels, a neap tide is a tide with the least difference between low and high water levels. Spring and neap tides happen due to the different stages at which the moon is orbiting earth. Spring tides are created when the moon is new or full therefore the gravitational of the sun and the moon are combined. Neap tides are created when the moon’s quarter phases and the moon and the sun are at right angles creating the bulges to cancel each other.
The Moon orbiting the Earth and it’s effects of phases of the Moon …show more content…
It takes 24 hours for Earth to do a full rotation (1 day). The speed at which Earth rotates is 1000 miles per hours or 1600 kilometers per hour. Earth spins because of how it was formed. Around 4.6 billion years ago a very large cloud of gas and dust collapsed under it owns gravity and as it collapsed it began to spin. Material in the cloud began to create swirling eddies which formed into planets (such as Earth) and they have kept the spinning motion. Earth has continued to spin because the are no forces acting upon it to which could create it to