Question

At apogee the moon is at its farthest from earth and thus appears smaller than normal. Because of this it has the smallest angular size in the sky at this time. At apogee the moon is at its farthest from earth and thus appears smaller than normal. Because of this it has the smallest angular size in the sky at this time. True False

Answer 1

the statement is FALSE

Step-by-step explanation:

In the movement of celestial bodies the most common orbit is the ellipse, in this the sun orbits or in this case the planet Earth is in a focus and the lighter body rotates around in a closed orbit.

The closest point is called perigee and the farthest apogee, but throughout the movement the kinetic moment must be conserved, so at the farthest point the speed decreases so that the angular momentum remains constant since the radius is greater.

This phenomenon is also described in Kepler's second law as that the areas must be equal in equal periods of time, so the speed decreases when being further from the Earth.

Consequently the statement is FALSE