The
Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's
only permanent natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest natural
satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites
relative to the size of the planet that it orbits (its primary).
The Moon is
after Jupiter's satellite Io the second-densest satellite in the
Solar System among those whose densities are known.
Moon
age
The Moon
is thought to have formed about 4.51 billion years ago, not long
after Earth. The most widely accepted explanation is that the Moon
formed from the debris left over after a giant impact between Earth
and a Mars-sized body called Theia.
Mean
radius
1737.1
km
This is 0.2727 of Earth's mean radius
Equatorial radius
1738.1 km
This is 0.2725 of Earth's equatorial radius
Polar radius
1736.0 km
This is 0.2731 of Earth's Polar radius
Surface area
3.793×107 km2
This is 0.074 of Earth's surface area
Volume
2.1958×1010 km3
This is 0.020 of Earth's volume
Mass
7.342×1022 kg
This is 0.012300 of Earth's mass
This
and more extensive information on Wikipedia
12
PEOPLE WHO WALKED ON MOON
1 Neil
Armstrong
2 Buzz Aldrin
3 Pete Conrad
4 Alan Bean
5 Alan Shepard
6 Edgar Mitchell
7 David Scott
8 James Irwin
9 John Young
10 Charles Duke
11 Eugene Cernan
12 Harrison Schmitt
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