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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