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The MoonThe Moon

Inside Inside

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MoonMoon

MoonMoon’’s Surfaces SurfaceMares (Lunar Seas): solidified lava flows

Highlands: rugged high areas and rims of craters

Lunar Geography (Lunar Geography (LunographyLunography?)?)

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Moon FactsMoon Facts

• No atmosphere!

• No liquid water (but we have found ice)!

• Less dense than the Earth

• Daytime Temperature: up to 130°C (266°F)– Very hot.

• Nighttime Temperature: down to -180°C (-292°F)– Very cold.

More Moon Facts!More Moon Facts!

• Dark Side of the Moon?– How about Far Side of the Moon.

– All of the moon gets sunlight, but due to the moon’s slow rotation, we can only see one side from Earth (near side)

• Blue Moon: an “extra” full moon in a month, not really blue but it is rare.– “Once in a blue moon . . .”

• Super Moon:When the full moon coincides with the moon’s perigee (closest to Earth)– Appears 14% larger, 30% brighter!

MoonMoon’’s Origins Origin

• Impact Theory– When solar system still young and planets still mostly molten (melted)

– a Mars-sized planet smacked into Earth

– Some of the material melted into the Earth

– Some of the material, and parts of Earth, were smacked into orbit and formed the Moon