Our moon is the fifth largest moon
- It has about half a million craters
- The gravitational tidal forces arises because the side of the earth facing the moon is attracted more strongly by the moon gravity than is the center of the earths far side. [5]
- Mass (kg)=7.349e+22
- Mean density(gm/cm3)=3.34
- Magnitude (vo)=-12.74
- Mean surface temperature(day)=107 degress celsius
- Mean suface temperature(night)=153 degress celsius
- Maximum suface temperature=123 degress celsius
- Minimum suface temperature=-233 degress celsius
- Average length of lunar day(days)=29.53059
- The moon is a part of the earth you can see parts of Africa and Europe and other places that were once Earth
- a man who weighs 180lbs(pound-force) on Earth weighs 30lbs on the moon
- There rocks that are 4 billion years old can be on the moon
- The crust on the moon is an average of 70 kilometers thick
- The core's radius is between 300 and 425 kilometers
- The moon was mainly bombarded 4.6 billion years ago which is said to be around the time the moon formed
- There are two types of moon rocks; lunar highlands rocks and ferroan anorthosite suite rocks
- The moon is 3.84403 kilometers from Earth
Just the Facts!
Moon Facts from SolarViews.com[6]
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