- 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
- Earths Moon - Science@NASA
Earth's Moon is covered in craters Lunar craters tell us the history not only of the Moon, but of other worlds, too On the Moon, where there’s no liquid water or wind, evidence of our solar system's impact history has been preserved for billions of years
- 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
- The moon: Facts about our planets lunar companion
The moon's atmosphere contains many types of atoms, including oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, helium and even tiny amounts of water It also has weirder chemicals, such as argon
- 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
- In Depth | Earths Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
Earth's Moon is the only place beyond Earth where humans have set foot, so far Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon" because people didn't know other moons existed until Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610
- The Moon: Our Satellite - timeanddate. com
A natural satellite, or moon, is a small body that orbits a larger one There are at least 200 known moons in the solar system , but most of these orbit one of the giant outer planets Within the solar system’s inner region, there are only three moons
- 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
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