MOON

MOON

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Luna 9

• The first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9GpfR2vpSs

•  It was launched by the Soviet Union January 31, 1966, and returned photographs of the lunar surface for three days.

The Moon

• The natural satellite of the earth

• God created the two important light sources

• Shape: Round globes or spheres

• Diameter: 3500 km or little more than 1/4 the length

• Has extreme temperature changes

• Color: black

• Mass: Much less than the earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSZMv64wuU

The Maria (dark spots)

The Mons Huygens Mountain (Highest Mountain)

Rille (deep valley or trench)

Crater Bailly ( largest crater)

The Moon's movement

• The gravity of the earth keeps the moon in its orbit

• The average distance of the moon is about 384,000 km.

• Each complete trip of the moon around the earth is called a revolution

• Each complete spin= rotation