Created by: Kizer Calhoun and Jake Gundy

Inside you will find

formation of the moon

Size

Distance from Earth

Composition

And more!

A. Formation of the Moon

B. Composition of the Moon

C. The Moon’s size and distance

from Earth

D. Moon phases

E. The Moon’s orbit

The Moon’s effects on the Earth

F. Moon mission timeline

Moon rocks are now

available at Big

Joe’s Big Rocks on

1256 Lollipop Road

in Circle City. There

are only a limited

amount of these

that Apollo 11

brought back from

the Moon! Yes, the

rocks you see here

and the ones you

can buy at the shop

are directly from

the Moon!! Buy

now, they’re only

$299.99! 2

The leading hypothesis today is that the Earth–

Moon system formed as a result of a giant

impact: a Mars-sized body hitting the newly

formed proto-Earth, blasting material into orbit

around it, which accreted to form the Moon.

Isn’t that cool?

Proto-Earth

Mars-sized body

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Fun Fact

The earth moon system could be considered a

double planet due to the Moon’s relatively large

size, the Earth-Moon mass ratio (81:1), which is

much smaller than most natural satellites in the

solar system, and the fact that the Moon orbits

only up to five degrees off the ecliptic instead of

on Earth's equatorial plane.

There are light areas and dark

areas. The dark areas are

called seas, but they do not

contain water. The seas are

flat regions, whereas the light

areas are rugged and are

higher on average. For this

reason, they are also called

highlands.

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Seas

Highlands

A quarter the diameter of the

planet and 1/81 it’s mass. It is the

second largest moon orbiting an

object in the solar system to the size

of its planet. The average distance

from Earth to Moon is 384,403 km

(238,857 miles).

The Moon exhibits different phases as

the relative position of the Sun, Earth

and Moon changes, appearing as a full

moon when the Sun and Moon are on

opposite sides of the Earth and as a

new moon (dark moon) when they are

on the same side.

Phases of the moon

in order of a lunar

month

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The lunar Rover! It’s

the best terrain

vehicle for your

roving! Just call 1-

800-666-999 to

order yours today!

The Moon completes its

orbit around the Earth in

approximately 27.3 days.

The orbit of the Moon is

distinctly elliptical with an

average eccentricity of

0.0549. eccentricity is the

ratio of the distance

between its two foci, to the

length of the major axis.

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The gravitational attraction that the Moon exerts on

Earth is the cause of tides in the sea. The tidal flow

period is synchronized to the Moon's orbit around Earth,

but the phase isn't. The tidal bulges on Earth, caused by

the Moon's gravity, are carried ahead of the apparent

position of the Moon by the Earth's rotation, in part

because of the friction of the water as it slides over the

ocean bottom and into or out of bays and estuaries. As a

result, some of the Earth's rotational momentum is

gradually being transferred to the Moon's orbital

momentum, resulting in the Moon slowly receding from

Earth at the rate of approximately 38 mm per year

This ship was

uncovered by low

tides on the shores

of Alabama!

1969

Apollo 10 - May 18, 1969 - Orbiter

Luna 15 - Jul 13, 1969 - Orbiter

Apollo 11 - Jul 16, 1969 - Crewed Landing

Zond 7 - Aug 7, 1969 - Return Probe

Apollo 12 - Nov 14, 1969 - Crewed Landing

1970

Apollo 13 - Apr 11, 1970 - Crewed Landing

(aborted)

Luna 16 - Sep 12, 1970 - Sample Return

Zond 8 - Oct 20, 1970 - Return Probe

Luna 17 - Nov 10, 1970 - Rover

1971

Apollo 14 - Jan 31, 1971 - Crewed Landing

Apollo 15 - Jul 26, 1971 - Crewed Landing

Luna 18 - Sep 2, 1971 - Impact

Luna 19 - Sep 28, 1971 - Orbiter

1972

Luna 20 - Feb 14, 1972 - Sample Return

Apollo 16 - Apr 16, 1972 - Crewed Landing

Apollo 17 - Dec 7, 1972 - Crewed Landing

1973

Luna 21 - Jan 8, 1973 - Rover

Explorer 49 (RAE-B) - Jun 10, 1973 - Orbiter

1974

Luna 22 - Jun 2, 1974 - Orbiter

Luna 23 - Oct 28, 1974 - Lander

1975

1976

Luna 24 - Aug 14, 1976 - Sample Return

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3 The dark areas of the moon

4 the gravitational pull from the moon on Earth creates what?

7 It takes about _______ days for the moon to complete an orbit

around the moon

1 A ______ body hit proto-Earth to create the moon

2 The light areas of the moon

5 There are ______ different phases of the moon