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Table of

contents

Page 1: Table of Contents.

Page 2: Size, phases, and distance.

Page 3: How it was formed, and what its

formed of.

Page 4: Orbit and effects on earth.

Page 5: Timeline of missions.

Unmanned.

Page 6: Manned Missions.

Page 7: Crossword.

Page 8: Fun Facts about the moon.

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Size, Phases,

and distance!

Moon Size

The moon is 3,475 kilometers or 2,160 miles in

diameter.

Moon Phases

There are eight moon phases. They are New Moon,

New Crescent, First Quarter, New Gibbous, Full

Moon, Old Gibbous, Last Quarter, and Old Crescent.

It takes about 24 days for the phases to

be fully complete, and for them to restart.

Moon Distance

The average distance between the moon and earth is

384403 kilometers (238857 miles).

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How it was formed

Scientists believe that the

moon was created when

another planetoid crashed into

earth, and the debris collected

and became the moon.

What is the moon made of?

Like the Earth, the Moon has layers. The innermost layer is

the lunar core. It only accounts for about 20% of the

diameter of the Moon. Scientists think that

the lunar core is made of metallic iron, with

small amounts of sulfur and nickel.

Astronomers know that the core of the

Moon is probably at least partly molten. The

top layer is called the crust. The crust of

the Moon is composed mostly of oxygen,

silicon, magnesium, iron, calcium, and

aluminum. There are also trace elements

like titanium, uranium, thorium, potassium

and hydrogen.

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Orbit, and

effect on earth

Orbit

The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth with

respect to the fixed stars about every 27.3 days. However,

since the Earth is moving in its orbit about the Sun at the

same time, it takes slightly longer for the Moon to show the

same phase to Earth, which is about 29.5 days.

Effect

The moon affects the earth in two ways. Its

position around the earth allows it to reflect the sun's light

into our night. The moon's orbit around the earth lasts about

a month giving us different levels of this light. The 'new

moon' has little light to offer and the 'full moon' provides us

with the best lighting. The second effect comes from the

moon's gravitational pull on the earth. As the earth rotates,

the moon's pull causes the world's bodies of water to

experience 'high tides.' At a given time there are two high

tides on earth.

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Time-Line of Missions

Unmanned Missions

Pioneer Program (1958-1978)

Echo Project (1960-1964)

Telstar (1962-63)

Mariner program (1963-1973)

Surveyor program (1966-1968)

Voyager program (1977)

Viking program (1975)

Helios probes (1974-1976)

Magellan probe (1989)

Galileo probe (1989)

Hubble Space Telescope (1990)

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, UARS (1991)

Mars Global Surveyor (1996)

Mars Pathfinder (1996)

Mars Exploration Rovers (2003)

New Horizons probe (2006)

Mars Curiosity Rover (2011)

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Manned

Vostok 1 (1961)

Vostok 2 (1961)

Mercury Friendship (1961)

Mercury Aurora (1962)

Vostok 6 (1963)

Apollo 11 (1969)

Apollo 13 (1970)

Luna 17 (1970)

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Crossword

Across

1. The moon has big indentions on it called ________.

2. The moon affects the earth by causing low and _____ tides.

3. The moon orbits ____?

4. The moon moves in an ____.

5. The moon is covered in ____?

Down

6. Neil ________ was in the Apollo 11 mission.

7. Michael Jackson made a dance move called the moon ____.

8. Astronauts went to the moon in space __________.

9. The moon comes out at _______.

10. The moon is what distinct color?

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Fun Facts

*The footprints left by astronauts are there to

stay for thousands of years, as there is no wind

on the moon.

*Dr. Eugene Shoemaker’s ashes are on the

moon.

*When Alan Sheppard was on the moon, he hit

a golf ball and drove it 2,400 feet, nearly one

half a mile.

*In a survey conducted in 1988, 13% thought

the moon was made of cheese.