Multiple Choice
The fact that the Earth-Moon system orbits the Sun (covering 30° per month) while the Moon orbits Earth means that,compared with one lunar orbital (sidereal) period,the time between successive full Moons (the synodic month) is:
A) about 2 days longer.
B) about 2 days shorter.
C) about twice as long.
D) zero because these periods are always the same, by definition.
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