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Moon is to Basketball. Just as the Sun is a prominent symbol associated with basketball (e.g., "Miami Heat"), the Moon could be similarly connected to another sport or concept.
If you took a round object liken unto a basketball and sat in a dark room, would the basketball give out light. correct. the answer is no. If you took the same basketball and sat in a room and held a flashlight under the basketball, would the basketball give out light on the other side. correct. the answer is no. now, if you took the flashlight and held it above the basketball approxmiately 6 inches above, does the basketball now have light. and the farther away you hold the flashlight above the basketball the more light will shine upon the flashlight. Question. Where did the flashlight get its light from. correct. the flashlight. the moon gets it light from the sun. The moon reflects the light that is provided from the sun and the basketball reflects the light that is provided from the flashlight.
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During a full moon, the Sun is opposite to the Moon, in the sky.During a full moon, the Sun is opposite to the Moon, in the sky.During a full moon, the Sun is opposite to the Moon, in the sky.During a full moon, the Sun is opposite to the Moon, in the sky.
the moon is but the sun is not
When the moon passes between the Sun and Earth there is a new moon. In a special case where the Sun and Moon are aligned there is an eclipse of the Sun (the moon blocking view of the Sun).
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A nonexample of a sun would have to be the moon.
The moon has a gravitational effect on Earth that causes tides, which is not caused by the sun. Additionally, the moon has a surface with craters and mountains, while the sun is a ball of hot gases without a solid surface.
* When Earth is at periapsis (closest to the Sun, in January), Earth, and therefore the Moon, are closer to the Sun than when Earth is at apapsis. * On average, at new moon the Moon is closer to the Sun than at full moon, since at full moon the Moon is opposite to the Sun in the sky.
The moon is a natural satellite of the sun.
No, the moon and sun are not the same size. The sun is much larger than the moon.