in 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon, but many people think it was fake and that america just recorded it of the set using moon like style so that it would fool anyone who was watching it.
The Moon is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles) distant from the Earth. Its diameter is 3,476 kilometers (2,160 miles). Both the rotation of the Moon and its revolution around Earth takes 27 days, 7 hours, This synchronous rotation is caused by an unsymmetrical distribution of mass in the Moon, which has allowed Earth's gravity to keep one lunar hemisphere permanently turned toward Earthand 43 minutes.
The apollo and luna missions returned with 420 pounds of rock and soil from which three major surface materials have been studied: the regolith, the maria, and the terrae.It is found over the entire Moon, with the exception of steep crater and valley walls. It is 2 to 8 meters (7 to 26 feet) thick on the maria and may exceed 15 meters (49 feet) on the terrae, depending on how long the bedrock underneath it has been exposed to meteoritic bombardment.
On Wednesday October 27, 2004 the moon passed into Earth's shadow for more than three hours. It began at 9:14 p.m EST with totality beginning at 10:23 p.m. and ending at 11:45 p.m. The eclipse passed out of Earth shadow at 00:54 a.m (Oct. 28).
This full disc of the Moon was photographed by the Apollo 17 crew during their trans-Earth coast homeward following a successful lunar landing mission in December 1972. Mare seen on this photo include Serentatis, Tranquillitatis, Nectaris, Foecunditatis and Crisium.
This false-color photograph of the Moon was taken by the Galileo spacecraft on December 8, 1992. The false-color processing used to create this lunar image is helpful for interpreting the surface soil composition. Areas appearing red generally correspond to the lunar highlands, while blue to orange shades indicate the ancient volcanic lava flow of a mare, or lunar sea. Bluer mare areas contain more titanium than do the orange regions. Mare Tranquillitatis, seen as a deep blue patch on the right, is richer in titanium than Mare Serenitatis, a slightly smaller circular area immediately adjacent to the upper left of Mare Tranquillitatis. Blue and orange areas covering much of the left side of the Moon in this view represent many separate lava flows in Oceanus Procellarum. The small purple areas found near the center are pyroclastic deposits formed by explosive volcanic eruptions. The fresh crater Tycho, with a diameter of 85 kilometers (53 miles), is prominent at the bottom of the photograph.
Moon Statistics Mass (kg) 7.349e+22 Mass (Earth = 1) 1.2298e-02 Equatorial radius (km) 1,737.4 Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) 2.7241e-01 Mean density (gm/cm^3) 3.34 Mean distance from Earth (km) 384,400 Rotational period (days) 27.32166 Orbital period (days) 27.32166 Average length of lunar day (days) 29.53059 Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 1.03 Orbital eccentricity 0.0549 Tilt of axis (degrees) 1.5424 Orbital inclination (degrees) 5.1454 Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) 1.62 Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) 2.38 Visual geometric albedo 0.12 Magnitude (Vo) -12.74 Mean surface temperature (day) 107°C Mean surface temperature (night) -153°C Maximum surface temperature 123°C Minimum surface temperature -233°C
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in 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon, but many people think it was fake and that america just recorded it of the set using moon like style so that it would fool anyone who was watching it.
The Moon is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles) distant from the Earth. Its diameter is 3,476 kilometers (2,160 miles). Both the rotation of the Moon and its revolution around Earth takes 27 days, 7 hours, This synchronous rotation is caused by an unsymmetrical distribution of mass in the Moon, which has allowed Earth's gravity to keep one lunar hemisphere permanently turned toward Earthand 43 minutes.
The apollo and luna missions returned with 420 pounds of rock and soil from which three major surface materials have been studied: the regolith, the maria, and the terrae.It is found over the entire Moon, with the exception of steep crater and valley walls. It is 2 to 8 meters (7 to 26 feet) thick on the maria and may exceed 15 meters (49 feet) on the terrae, depending on how long the bedrock underneath it has been exposed to meteoritic bombardment.
ECLIPSE
On Wednesday October 27, 2004 the moon passed into Earth's shadow for more than three hours. It began at 9:14 p.m EST with totality beginning at 10:23 p.m. and ending at 11:45 p.m. The eclipse passed out of Earth shadow at 00:54 a.m (Oct. 28).
Apollo 17 - Whole Moon View
This full disc of the Moon was photographed by the Apollo 17 crew during their trans-Earth coast homeward following a successful lunar landing mission in December 1972. Mare seen on this photo include Serentatis, Tranquillitatis, Nectaris, Foecunditatis and Crisium.
Moon - False Color Mosaic
This false-color photograph of the Moon was taken by the Galileo spacecraft on December 8, 1992. The false-color processing used to create this lunar image is helpful for interpreting the surface soil composition. Areas appearing red generally correspond to the lunar highlands, while blue to orange shades indicate the ancient volcanic lava flow of a mare, or lunar sea. Bluer mare areas contain more titanium than do the orange regions. Mare Tranquillitatis, seen as a deep blue patch on the right, is richer in titanium than Mare Serenitatis, a slightly smaller circular area immediately adjacent to the upper left of Mare Tranquillitatis. Blue and orange areas covering much of the left side of the Moon in this view represent many separate lava flows in Oceanus Procellarum. The small purple areas found near the center are pyroclastic deposits formed by explosive volcanic eruptions. The fresh crater Tycho, with a diameter of 85 kilometers (53 miles), is prominent at the bottom of the photograph.
Moon Statistics
Mass (kg) 7.349e+22
Mass (Earth = 1) 1.2298e-02
Equatorial radius (km) 1,737.4
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) 2.7241e-01
Mean density (gm/cm^3) 3.34
Mean distance from Earth (km) 384,400
Rotational period (days) 27.32166
Orbital period (days) 27.32166
Average length of lunar day (days) 29.53059
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 1.03
Orbital eccentricity 0.0549
Tilt of axis (degrees) 1.5424
Orbital inclination (degrees) 5.1454
Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) 1.62
Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) 2.38
Visual geometric albedo 0.12
Magnitude (Vo) -12.74
Mean surface temperature (day) 107°C
Mean surface temperature (night) -153°C
Maximum surface temperature 123°C
Minimum surface temperature -233°C
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