The Moon● 1. What is it? ● 2.Orbits and Phases ● 3.Effects ● 4.Eclipses ● 5.Exploration

What is it?

● The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System.

Characteristics:

- Mass: 7.35e22 kg (0.0123 Earths)

-Moon's Composition: Titanium,Na,H,Fe,Cu, Ni,Mn,Cr...

-Diameter: 3476 km

-Orbit: 384,400 km from Earth

-The Moon orbits around the Earth.

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Orbits

Phases

-Path of Earth and Moon around Sun

Effecs

Tides

Eclipses

● Lunar Eclipse

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Solar Eclipse

Exploration

Sputnik 1 4 October 1957

Apollo 11:July 20, 1969.

Commanding by Neil Armstrong

Conclusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igqGdTQIX30

Images and Information are from here:http://astronomyonline.org/solarsystem/moonintroduction.asp

http://nineplanets.org/luna.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Orbit

http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html

http://www.windows2universe.org/glossary/tidal_forces.html&lang=en

http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/apollo.html

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Cintia Busto Rodríguez