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    The moon is a natural satellite that orbits Earth. It is the largest relative to its parent planet and lacks an atmosphere. The moon has a solid, rocky surface that is cratered and pitted from asteroid and meteorite impacts. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. The Earth and moon are tidally locked so that we only see one face of the moon from Earth.

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    The moon is a natural satellite that orbits Earth. It is the largest relative to its parent planet and lacks an atmosphere. The moon has a solid, rocky surface that is cratered and pitted from asteroid and meteorite impacts. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. The Earth and moon are tidally locked so that we only see one face of the moon from Earth.

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    The moon is a natural satellite that orbits Earth. It is the largest relative to its parent planet and lacks an atmosphere. The moon has a solid, rocky surface that is cratered and pitted from asteroid and meteorite impacts. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. The Earth and moon are tidally locked so that we only see one face of the moon from Earth.

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    The moon is a natural satellite that orbits Earth. It is the largest relative to its parent planet and lacks an atmosphere. The moon has a solid, rocky surface that is cratered and pitted from asteroid and meteorite impacts. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. The Earth and moon are tidally locked so that we only see one face of the moon from Earth.

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    ABOUT THE MOON

    By: Srikar Tej


    8A
    WHAT IS THE MOON?
    The moon is a natural satellite, which itself is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body
    that orbits a planet or a dwarf planet.
    The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. With a diameter roughly one-fourth that of Earth, it is
    the largest relative to its parent planet and the fifth largest satellite in the solar system (comparable to
    the width of Australia). The Moon is larger than all known dwarf planets in the Solar System. It lacks
    an atmosphere, a hydrosphere, and a magnetic field.

    Fun Fact:
    If you set a single green pea next
    to a 10 coin, you'd have a pretty
    good idea of the size of the Moon
    compared to Earth.
    EXPLORATION OF THE MOON
    The Moon has a solid, rocky surface cratered and pitted from impacts by
    asteroids, meteorites, and comets.
    While the Moon has the lowest level of planetary protection, its degradation
    as a pristine body and scientific location has been discussed. If astronomy is
    performed from the Moon, it must be free of physical and radio pollution.
    While the Moon does not have an atmosphere, traffic and impacts on the
    Moon create clouds of dust that can spread far and potentially contaminate the
    Moon's original state and special scientific content. According to scholar Alice
    Gorman, while the Moon is inhospitable, it is not dead, and that sustainable
    human activity would necessitate treating the Moon's ecology as a co-
    participant. Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the first of 12
    human beings to walk on the Moon. Four of America's moonwalkers are still
    alive: Aldrin (Apollo 11), David Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16),
    and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17).
    The Earth and Moon are tidally locked. Their rotations are so in sync we only
    see one side of the Moon. Humans didn't see the lunar far side until a Soviet
    spacecraft flew past in 1959.
    HOW IS THE MOON?
    We know that without our shield-like atmosphere and
    active climate and geology, the Earth would look
    exactly like the Moon. And, because we know how
    the lunar craters formed, we can see that the streaks,
    known as 'rays,' radiating from where the meteorites
    collided are made up of fresher material thrown out
    during impact. These rays are most visible in the
    Copernicus crater. It is visible with the naked eye and
    is located slightly west of the Moon's Earth-facing
    center .The Moon has a solid iron-rich inner core
    with a radius of about 240 kilometers (150 miles) and
    a fluid outer core primarily made of liquid iron with a
    radius of about 300 kilometers (190 mi). A partially
    molten boundary layer with a radius of about 500
    kilometers surrounds the core (310 mi). This
    structure is thought to have formed as a result of the
    fractional crystallization of a global magma ocean
    shortly after the Moon formed 4.5 billion years ago..
    Thank You

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