THE MOON HOME

THE MOON HOME

The Moon is about one-quarter the size of Earth and has only one- sixth as much gravity. Due to the lack of gravity, you could jump six times higher than on Earth.

The Moon has absolutely no air. There is no oxygen to breathe, no liquid water, no pants and no life of any kind. In the sunshine, the Moon’s surface can be as hot as 100° C, and at night, the temperatures can plunge to -150° C. Lunar nights last 2 weeks.

Since the Moon has no wind or rain, footprints will still be there millions of years from now.

The Moon was created about 4500 million years ago when a small planet crashed into the Earth. The impact ripped apart the intruder planet and blasted huge chunks of the Earth’s upper layers into space. The rocky debris from the intruder planet and from Earth joined together and formed the Moon.

Wow! That’s Incredible!

The Moon has the same amount of surface area as the Earth’s continent of Africa.

The crater Copernicus is twice as deep as Arizona’s Grand Canyon.

In the Moon’s sky, earth appears four times larger and 60 times brighter than the Moon does from Earth.

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