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Earth and Moon Statistics
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Earth_Moon.jpg
By the Lunar and Planetary Institute
For use in teacher workshops
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Earth’s MoonWhat’s the Moon like?
What do people see when they look at the Moon?
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00094
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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LandingSite/index.html
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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1757
How Big is the Moon?
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Moon Size
~ 1/4 width of Earth
Radius of 1080 miles
Gravity ~1/6 of Earth’s
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/GPN-2000-001444.jpg
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Relative Size and Distance of Earth and Moon?
http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=gfuzp418gewa?id=C-1979-00910&orgid=2
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http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1624
Earth and Moon to Scale
If Earth were a basketball, then the Moon would be atennis ball,
23.5 feet away
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Moon Stats No light of its own!!
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Moon Rotation Spins on axis (rotates) once every 27.3 days
Tilted ~7 degrees (Earth = 23.5)
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Moon’s Orbit Orbits (revolves around) Earth every 27.3 days
Elliptical orbit (not a perfect circle)
360,000 km 406,000 km224,000 miles 252,000 miles
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=442
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The Near Side The Moon rotates in 27.3 days.
The Moon orbits Earth in 27.3 days.
Because the Moon rotates and revolves at the same rate, we only see one side
The NEAR side
There is NO DARK SIDE
There is a FAR side….
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And the Backside!
The FAR side
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00304
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Moon Stats Moon’s orbit around Earth is inclined about 5 degrees to Earth’s plane of orbit around the Sun
Ecliptic plane
Sun Earth Moon
Moon’s orbital plane
Image created by LPI staff