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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 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
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 The moon's gravitational pull causes two bulges of water on the Earth's oceans—one where ocean waters face the moon and the pull is strongest and one where ocean waters face away from the moon
Moon - Education | 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
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