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Moon - Wikipedia In geophysical terms, the Moon is a planetary-mass object or satellite planet Its mass is 1 2% that of the Earth, and its diameter is 3,474 km (2,159 mi), roughly one-quarter of Earth's (about as wide as the contiguous United States)
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
Moon Facts - NASA Science The Earth and Moon are tidally locked Their rotations are so in sync we only see one side of the Moon Humans didn't see the lunar far side until a Soviet spacecraft flew past in 1959 The Moon has a solid, rocky surface cratered and pitted from impacts by asteroids, meteorites, and comets
Everything you need to know about the Moon - Astronomy. com The Moon is about one-fourth the size of Earth It's primarily composed of rock and minerals, with a small iron core The Moon's average distance from Earth is roughly 239,000 miles Lunar phases
Facts About the Moon | National Geographic We see the full moon when the sun is directly behind us, illuminating a full hemisphere of the moon when it is directly in front of us
Moon - National Geographic Society A moon is an object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star Besides planets, moons can circle dwarf planets, large asteroids, and other bodies Objects that orbit other objects are also called satellites, so moons are sometimes called natural satellites