hatmoza said:
dtewi said:
Well, they're technically astronomy, but whatever.
1) If the moon is constantly orbiting the Earth, why is it that we only see it regularly during nighttime?
2) If there were a planet oribiting the sun and was equidistant from the sun as Earth, how would we know if that planet existed?
Very random questions out of the blue. Just want a couple answers that don't include highly-confusing science mumbo-jumbo.
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You can still see it in the day, It's just not that bright because the suns light is too powerful. At night we see the moon because it's reflectling the sun's light and that's why we only see parts of the moon because only part of the moon is facing the sun. But it's not always possitioned opposite of where you live on earth. According to the lunar calender you see it 15 days of every 30 days 30 out of every 60 days(ie on one half side of the earth's orbit).
I don't get the second question.
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What hatmoza said
2- we'd know it because we have technology to scan the space near us. Telescopes and orbitting satellites would eventually tell us about a sister planet
