Week 21

So this week, we took what we learned about centripical force the week before and applied it to astronomy. Our own Earth is in centripetal motion as we speak, always being pulled in by the sun, But the earth keeps trying to go straight. Thats why people mention the worries of the Earth losing its orbit around the sun, because the earth will just start going straight into some dark area of space. We also learned that the moon doesn't really orbit the earth... WHAT? Thats right, it doesn't. It goes around one side of the earth, and just goes right back again. Something we didn't mention, but I thought was important that I learned awhile ago is that since all objects have gravitational force, the moon does pull on the earth, which is the reason the ocean has low and high tide. The moon pulls the water on the earth, causing it all to move towards the middle of The ocean, away from the beaches, and then back again. We learned all about how the earth is on an axis, and that it is actually warmer on the earth when were farther from the sun, because the angle it is pointed towards. Over all this week was good for me and it was really interesting.