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Earth-Moon-Sun geometry — Homework
Use this week's Earth-Moon-Sun motions and periods for each problem.
- 1.What causes day and night on Earth?
- 2.What causes a year to be about 365 days long?
- 3.About how many days does the Moon take to revolve once around Earth?
- 4.About how many days pass between one full moon and the next?
- 5.Explain why the Moon's full phase cycle (29.5 days) is a little longer than its actual orbital period around Earth (27.3 days).
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