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The time period of the moon around the earth is 24 hours.(a) True(b) FalseThis question was posed to me in an interview.Query is from Gravitation topic in division Gravitation of Physics – Class 11

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The CORRECT answer is (b) False

For explanation: The TIME PERIOD of the moon around the earth cannot be 24 hours because then it would be a geostationary satellite. However, we know it is not true. The time period of the moon around the earth is found to be APPROXIMATELY 27.3 earth DAYS.



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