| Moon Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| �Mass (kg) | 7.349e+22�
| �Mass (Earth = 1) | 1.2298e-02�
| �Equatorial radius (km) | 1,737.4�
| �Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 2.7241e-01�
| �Mean density (gm/cm^3) | 3.34�
| �Mean distance from Earth (km) | 384,400�
| �Rotational period (days) | 27.32166�
| �Orbital period (days) | 27.32166�
| �Average length of lunar day (days) | 29.53059�
| �Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | 1.03�
| �Orbital eccentricity | 0.0549�
| �Tilt of axis (degrees) | 1.5424�
| �Orbital inclination (degrees) | 5.1454�
| �Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) | 1.62�
| �Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) | 2.38�
| �Visual geometric albedo | 0.12�
| �Magnitude (Vo) | -12.74�
| �Mean surface temperature (day) | 107�C�
| �Mean surface temperature (night) | -153�C�
| �Maximum surface temperature | 123�C�
| �Minimum surface temperature | -233�C�
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