Jdailey1991
Sage
Back home, Earth's moon is 2159 miles wide, orbits the planet from a distance of 238,900 miles and has 1/81 the planet's mass. It usually takes the moon 27.3 days to complete one orbit around Earth, but one lunar cycle--the transition from new moon to new moon--lasts 29.5 days.
In an alternate Earth, the moon is 3743 miles wide, orbits the planet from a distance of 426,000 miles and has 1/18 the planet's mass. How would this change in dimension affect the overall lunar cycle?
In an alternate Earth, the moon is 3743 miles wide, orbits the planet from a distance of 426,000 miles and has 1/18 the planet's mass. How would this change in dimension affect the overall lunar cycle?