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- Moon - Wikipedia
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384 399 km (238,854 mi; about 30 times Earth's diameter) The Moon is tidally locked to Earth This makes the Moon's near side face Earth with always the same lunar hemisphere, and synchronizes its rotation period to its orbital period (lunar month) of 29 5 Earth days
- Earths Moon - Science@NASA
Like Earth, the Moon has a day side and a night side, which change as the Moon rotates The Sun always illuminates half of the Moon while the other half remains dark NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission has mapped the entire lunar surface, including the Moon’s near and far sides, down to a scale of one meter
- The moon — A complete guide to Earths companion | Space
The moon likely has a very small solid iron core (Image credit: Karl Tate, SPACE com) The moon's rocky mantle is about 825 miles (1,330 km) thick and made up of dense rocks rich in iron and
- Facts About the Moon | National Geographic
• The moon's gravitational pull on the Earth is the main cause of the rise and fall of ocean tides The moon's gravitational pull causes two bulges of water on the Earth's oceans—one where
- In Depth | Earths Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
The Moon was likely formed after a Mars-sized body collided with Earth several billion years ago Earth's Moon is the only place beyond Earth where humans have set foot, so far Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon" because people didn't know other moons existed until Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter
- Everything you need to know about the Moon | Astronomy. com
The Moon’s outer layer is a thin, rocky crust made up of oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, calcium, aluminum, and trace elements like potassium, titanium, and uranium Beneath the lunar surface
- Moon Trek
Trek is a NASA web-based portal for exploration of Moon This portal showcases data collected by NASA at various landing sites and features an easy-to-use browsing tool that provides layering and viewing of high resolution data
- All About the Moon | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
The Moon is the only other planetary body that humans have visited On July 20, 1969, NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first people to set foot on the dusty surface of the Moon Ten other American astronauts followed They collected hundreds of pounds of lunar soil and rock samples, conducted experiments and installed
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