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Table of contents

1….Moon Formation

2….Phases of the Moon

3….How Big Is It?

4….Composition

5….Orbit of the Moon

6….Effect on the Earth

7….TimeLine

8….Moon Facts

9…. Postcard

10... Moon Crossword

11… Moon Crossword Clues

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Although no one can say for

sure exactly how our moon came

to be, there are a few hypotheses

and theories of which the “Giant

Impact Theory” is the most

compelling and widely accepted.

In this theory, the Earth had no moon

until it was struck by a rogue planet

which instantly vaporized. The

impact is said to have created a

cloud that reached roughly 13,700

miles or 22,000 kilometers high,

where it condensed into solid

particles that orbited the Earth.

Over time they aggregated into larger moonlets, which

eventually combined to form the moon we know today.

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There are eight different phases of the moon. They are…

1. First quarter

2. Waxing crescent

3. New moon

4. Waning crescent

5. Third quarter

6. Waning gibbous

7. Full moon

8. Waxing gibbous

Each one looks different from another.

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The moon is a very large thing. The diameter is 3474 km, and

the volume is 2.195 x 1010 km3. The area is 37.9 million square

kilometers.

The moon is also very far away from Earth. It takes astronauts

16 days to get from the Earth to the moon. The moon is

237792.3 kilometers from the Earth.

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There are light areas and dark areas. The dark areas are called

seas, but they do not contain water. The seas are flat regions,

whereas the light areas are rugged and are higher

on average. For this reason, they are also called

highlands. Across the whole surface, craters

caused by meteoric impacts are evident. The

craters are much more enhanced and frequent

within the light areas. In the years from 1969 to

1972 the moon has been explored by man.

Astronauts brought back to Earth some samples

of lunar soil, so it has been possible to analyze and

date those rocks. It has been found that the

younger lunar rocks are the dark ones, those of

the seas, and that they are 3.2 billion years old.

The older ones are the light rocks of the highlands, and they are

4.6 billion years old.

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When you hear the word orbit what do you think of?

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Well we are talking about a different kind of orbit. We are talking about

the orbit of the moon.

The orbit of the moon is very nearly circular with a mean separation

from the Earth of about 384,ooo km, which is about 60 Earth radii. The

plane of the orbit is tilted about 5 degrees with respect to the ecliptic

plane. The moon appears to move completely around the celestial

sphere once in about 27.3 days to return to the same point on the

celestial sphere as referenced to the sun because of the motion of the

Earth around the sun; this is called a synodic month.

(Lunar phases as observed from the Earth are correlated with the

synodic month)

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Many people think that the moon is just there to give us moonlight.

This is very untrue. The moon has a noticeable effect on the Earth in

the form of tides, but it also affects the motion and orbit of the Earth.

The moon does not orbit the center of the Earth; rather, they both

revolve around the center of their masses called the barycenter.

Tides are created because the Earth and the moon are attracted to

each other, just like magnets are attracted to each other. The moon

tries to pull anything on the Earth to bring it closer. But, the Earth is

able to hold onto everything except the water. Since the water is

always moving, the Earth cannot hold onto it, and the moon is able to

pull at it. Each day, there are two high tides and two low tides. The

ocean is constantly mobbing from high tide to low tide, and then back

to high tide. There is about 12 hours and 25 minutes between the two

high tides.

That is how the moon affects the Earth.

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Manned

Unmanned

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Luna 9

Jan 31, 1966

Lunar

Orbiter 2

Nov 6,

1966

Luna 13

Dec 21,

1966

Surveyor 5

Sep 8,

1967

Surveyor 6

Nov 7,

1967

Luna 23

Oct 28,

1974

Luna 5

May 9, 1965

Cosmos 60

March 12, 1965

Luna 4

April 2, 1963

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When Alan Sheppard was on the moon, he hit a golf ball and drove it

2,40 feet, nearly one half mile.

In a survey conducted in 1988, 13% of those

surveyed believed that the moon was made of

cheese.

The multi layer space suits worn by the astronauts to the

moon weighed 180 pounds on earth, but thirty pounds on the

moon due to the lower gravity.

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

Houston we have landed on the moon.

There are no signs of intelligent life

forms. We wish you a wonderful day

People of Earth

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Moon Crossword

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Moon Crossword Clues

Across

4. the moon has ___ atmosphere

5. the moon is covered in these

6. the moon travels the Earth in an

___

7. moon sets in the

8. moon rises in the

Down

1. which direction does the moon

travel around the Earth

2. ___ was discovered on the moon in

November 2009

3. how old is the moon

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