Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two statements, which of the following is correct ?

Assertion (A): Moon cannot be used as a satellite for communication.

Reason (R): Moon does not move in the equatorial plane of the earth.

Choose your answer from the options given below.

Option(1) is correct.

Assertion: Moon cannot be used as a satellite for communication - True as Moon is very far away from Earth (the orbital time period is approximately 27.3 days), also it does not have an equatorial orbit nor have a polar orbit.

Reason (R): Moon does not move in the equatorial plane of the earth - True and that's why it cannot be used as a satellite for communication.

Hence, the correct answer is Option(1) i.e., Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.