If rocks obtained from the moon indicate an age of 4.5 billion years and the oldest rocks from Earth indicate an age of 4.4 billion years is the moon necessarly older than earth? Why or Why not?

Q: Which two factors affect the amount of sunlight received by a planet’s surface?

A: The two main factors which affect the amount of sunlight, the surface of the planet recieves are as…

Q: What observations can be made or experiments can be done to demonstrate that the Moon is in fact a…

A: Gravitational attraction provides the centripetal force needed to keep all types of satellite in…

Q: What is the smallest size crater on the moon? 240 km 24 km 2.4 km 1 km much smaller than 1 km

A: The moon is full of craters of various sizes.

Q: Moon dust is dangerous to astronauts because     it is highly radioactive     it will explode…

A: Moon dust is dangerous to astronauts because

Q: If the Moon had three times as much mass and still orbits Earth at the same distance, ocean bulges…

A: Ocean bulges are due to gravitational force of attraction between earth and the moon. If the…

Q: A crater on the Moon is 28 km in diameter. If a typical meteorite is 11 times smaller than the…

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Q: A friend, calling from the Moon, tells you she has just won 1 newton of gold in a contest.…

A: The acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is 1/6 of the acceleration due to gravity at the Earth.…

Q: The number of major plains in the northern hempishere of Mars is 6 7 8 9

A: 6 MAJOR PLAINS- names:- AMAZONIS ELYSIUM THARSIS ISIDIS CHRYSE BOREALIS

Q: What will be the minimum size of a Martian surface feature resolvable during the 2003 opposition by…

A: Given:angular resolution of the telescope, θ = 0.05'' = 0.05 secondsposition of mars is that during…

Q: Is the motion of mars peculiar?

A: Obviously not. The motion of Mars is regular. It rotates around the sun with fixed orbital. It has a…

Q: Why are the lunar mountains smooth and rounded rather than having sharp, pointed peaks?…

A: Thee lunar mountains smooth and rounded rather than having sharp, pointed peaks.

Q: Why does the surface of mercury have so many craters?

A: Every planet in our Solar System has a lot of craters. As in the past there were many more asteroids…

Q: Pure, solid water ice has an albedo A≈0.35. What is the minimum distance from the Sun at which a…

A: In the given question, given that albedo of pure, solid water ice is 0.35. then we have to find the…

Q: Rank the five terrestrial objects in order of size from smallest to largest O Mercury, Moon, Venus,…

A: Diameter of  Earth  De = 12742 km Diameter of Mars  Dm = 6779 km  Diameter of  mercury  Dmr = 4879.4…

Q: Which of the following is NOT best explained by Venus's extreme greenhouse effect?   a. its…

A: The following are the best explanation for the Venus extreme greenhouse effect: The atmosphere of…

Q: Do planets cast shadows? What is your evidence?

A: Yes, planets cast shadows.

Q: What are two ways venus is similar to earth?

A: Venus is also referred as sister planet of earth.Both earth and venus originate about 4.5 billion…

Q: The Hope probe on its journey to Mars took a 7-month period, during which it traveled an estimated…

A: Given information: The distance covered hope probe in 7-month period (d) = 493 million km = 493×106…

Q: What we're Nearly all the surface features on the moon made from?

A: Fairy-tales tell us that the moon is made of cheese, but like all other bodies in the solar system…

Q: alculate polar flattening for Mars with polar radius 3376.2 km, and equatorial radius 3396.2 km.

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Q: How long, deep, and wide would a terrestrial chasm have to be to have the same proportions relative…

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Q: The lunar soil (regolith) is chemically very different from Earth soil, because recent…

A: 1 ) Ans : the solar wind has affected the composition of the lunar soil.

Q: Which of the following planetary traits is well established? choose one of the following: a)…

A: Which of the following planetary traits is well established?

Q: Why is mars red?

A: The main reason for the red color of mars is iron oxide. The surface of Mars contains lots of iron…

Q: On the night side of Venus, we find that the brightest wavelength, that is the wavelength this…

A: Given data *The given wavelength is λ=3.9 μm=3.9×10-6 m The expression for Wein's displacement law…

Q: The dark areas on the moon’s surface are called maria, Latin for “seas,” and were once thought to be…

A: The number of molecules on the Moon is lower than the Earth. The molecule's motion is dominated by…

Q: What would happen if we drilled hole through earth so you can come out the other side and dropped an…

A: Consider that a hole is drilled from one point to other point on Earth so that it passes through…

Q: Describe two theories that explain how the Moon formed?

A: Basic Details The moon is the only natural satellite orbiting the planet earth being the largest…