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Earth's satellite
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formed over 4.5 billion years ago
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Many meteorites have hit the moon
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thousands of years from now footsteps from Apollo crews will be sharp and
clear
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A little egg-shaped
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200,000 miles between earth and the moon
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Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon he was there on july 20,1969
(He was an American)
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Craters that are 600 miles wide and are called Marias
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maria forms a pattern that some people call the man in the moon
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12 people have been on the moon and brought back 841 lb. of lunar rock to
study
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at noon the temperature on the moon is 273o f
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At night the moon's sky is 4 times darker than Earth's
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if you weigh 100
lbs. on Earth than you would weigh
17 lb. on the moon
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