Distance between Earth and Moon is about:
Question 173
The distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1.496×108 km and distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84×108 m. During solar eclipse, the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun. What is the distance between the Moon and the Sun at that particular time?
Compare the gravitational forces exerted by the sun and the moon on earth. Which exerts a greater force on earth ? (Given : mass of sun, Ms = 4∗1031 kg; mass of moon, Mm = 6.3∗1022 kg; distance between sun and earth, Rse=1.3∗1012 m and the distance between moon and earth, Rme= 4.5∗108m)