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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately
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0.384 million km
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149.6 million km
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579 million km
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227.9 million km
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The average distance to the moon is 382, 500 kilometers. The distance varies because the moon travels around Earth in an elliptical orbit. At perigee, the point at which the moon is closest to Earth, the distance is approximately 360, 000 kilometers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Moon orbits Earth at a speed of 2, 288 miles per hour (3, 683 kilometers per hour). During this time it travels a distance of 1, 423, 000 miles (2, 290, 000 kilometers).
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