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= The Moon The moons surface stiking contrast of light and dark.The light areas ate tugged highlands. The moon"s average radius is 1,079.4 miles and mass is 8*10^19 tons.The surface gravity about 1/6 of Earth's. The temperture at a lunar equator ranges from about -280 degrees or at night to +260 degrees F in the day. Scientific Info. about the Moon =

There is no life on the moon of any kind. The moon is about 4.6 billion years old and has changed little over billions of years compared to Earth. The moon has no substantial atmosphere, but a small amount of certain gasses are present above the lunat surface. In 1956 scientist began to explore the moon with robotic spacecraft called luna 3. On July 20, 1969, the U.S Apllo 11 lunar module landed on the moon in the first of six apollo landings. The moon moves in a variety of ways, for example; it rotates on its axis and the Moon also orbits Earth. Different amounts of the moon's lighted side becomes visible in phases because of the moon's orbit around Earth. During events called eclipses ( when the moon is in line with the Earth and Sun), a slight motion called liberation enables us to see about 59% of the moons surface at different times.





Quick Facts
 * 1) The Moon's sky is always black.
 * 2) the stars are always visible on the moon.
 * 3) Tempature at Equator is - 280 to +260 F.
 * 4) A person on the moon would feel 5/6 lighter.
 * 5) The Moon's close enough to the Earth to make tides.
 * 6) The moon moves 1.5 inches away from the Earth each year.
 * 7) The dark areas on the moon are known as maria.
 * 8) The moon rotates once every 29 1/2 days.
 * 9) When the moon is closest to the Earth it is 225,740 miles.
 * 10) The moon has 4 Phases.

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Bibliographical Info. & Weblinks Website: http://www.hasa.gov/worldbook/moon- worldbook.html Web Link: http://www.moonconnection.com http://nineplaners.org/luna.html http://www.enchanedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy//moon/ media type="custom" key="4612924"