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Moon - Wikipedia The English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is typically written as Moon, with a capital M
Earths Moon - Science@NASA NASA’s interactive map for observing the Moon each day of the year Spend the next month getting to know the Moon
Moon | Features, Phases, Surface, Exploration, Facts | Britannica Moon, Earth’s sole natural satellite and nearest celestial body Known since prehistoric times, it is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun Its name in English, like that of Earth, is of Germanic and Old English derivation
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
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
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
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
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