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- Moon - Wikipedia
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384 399 km (238,854 mi; about 30 times Earth's diameter) The Moon is tidally locked to Earth This makes the Moon's near side face Earth always the same way, and synchronizes its rotation period to its orbital period (lunar month) of 29 5 Earth days
- Earths Moon - Science@NASA
Earth’s Moon is thought to have formed in a tremendous collision Ancient ice hidden deep in permanently shadowed craters H20 molecules on the sunlit lunar surface Humanity's search for water on the Moon began hundreds of years ago Here's a brief history of discoveries leading up to the confirmation of its presence
- Its Official: Scientists Confirmed Whats Inside Our Moon
The inner core, the team found, also has a density of about 7,822 kilograms per cubic meter That's very close to the density of iron The Moon as captured by Andrew McCarthy and Connor Matherne Curiously, in 2011 a team led by NASA Marshall planetary scientist Renee Weber found a similar result using what were then state-of-the-art seismological techniques on Apollo data to study the lunar
- The moon — A complete guide to Earths companion | Space
Learn how Earth's moon formed, how its orbit affects Earth's tides, why solar and lunar eclipses happen and the history of lunar exploration
- In Depth | Earths Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
The brightest and largest object in our night sky, the Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years
- Facts About the Moon | National Geographic
• By measuring the ages of lunar rocks, we know that the moon is about 4 6 billion years old, or about the same age as Earth • The distance between the Earth and its moon averages about
- All About the Moon | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Earth has just one moon – a rocky, cratered place, roughly a quarter the size of Earth and an average of 238,855 miles away The Moon can be seen with the naked eye most nights as it traces its 27-day orbit around our planet
- Moon Fact Sheet - NSSDCA
The orbit changes over the course of the year so the distance from the Moon to Earth roughly ranges from 357,000 km to 407,000 km, giving velocities ranging from 1 100 to 0 966 km s Lunar Atmosphere
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