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5 days ago · The Moon is Earth 's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Over time Earth's gravity has caused tidal locking, causing the same side of the Moon to always face Earth.
- Natural Satellite
The Moon orbiting around Earth (observed by the Deep Space...
- Moon (Disambiguation)
Celestial bodies. Natural satellite or moon (generic); Moon,...
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- Far Side of The Moon
Photograph of the far side of the Moon, with Mare Orientale...
- Near Side of The Moon
The names of the major maria and some craters on the near...
- Tidal Locking
Tidal locking results in the Moon rotating about its axis in...
- Planetary-Mass Object
Planetary-mass satellites larger than Pluto, the largest...
- Satellite Planet
Planetary-mass moons larger than Pluto, the largest Solar...
- List of Proposed Missions to The Moon
A replica of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land on the...
- Orbit of The Moon
Elliptic shape. The orbit of the Moon is a nearly circular...
- Natural Satellite
3 days ago · 2.5 × 10 19 molecules/cm 3 (at standard temperature and pressure) about 1:100 trillion. average heat flow. 29 mW/m 2. 63 mW/m 2. 1:2.2. 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.
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1 day ago · The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released the highest-resolution geological maps of the Moon yet. The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe, which took more than 100 researchers over a decade ...
Apr 17, 2024 · All About the Moon. Quick Facts: 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. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
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Apr 8, 2024 · Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis, The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-81528-2. Antonín Rükl, Atlas of the Moon, Kalmbach Books, 1990, ISBN 0-913135-17-8. Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-521-62248-4.
3 days ago · And they found that the lunar core is very similar to that of Earth – with an outer fluid layer and a solid inner core. According to their modeling, the outer core has a radius of about 362 kilometers (225 miles), and the inner core has a radius of about 258 kilometers (160 miles). That's about 15 percent of the entire radius of the Moon.
5 days ago · VTM Map of the Moon. Since 1961, the lunar coordinate system was set so that an observer located on the Moon would see the Sun rise in the East and set in the West, as on Earth. Consequently to an observer on Earth, the Moon's Eastern limb is to the West and the Moon's Western limb is to the East. As the vast majority of Moon references use ...
