Our MoonOur Moon

By: Amanda EarlBy: Amanda Earl

What is our MoonWhat is our Moon

Our Moon is the brightest object in our night sky. Our moon is very smallIt is only about 1/3 the size of the earth. The light patches on the moon arerocky and covered with crators. On the moon the darker places are large withsmooth plains full of lava. The moon is locked into a special kind of motion Around the Earth. The moon does not make its light like the sun does. We Only see it because the light reflects back to us. Also in just one month the Moon circles the Earth.

Our Moon’s Different Names

Our Moon has many different names some names areLuna, Selene, and Artemis. A lot of different people and countries call it all kinds of things and I listed some above. Artemis comes from the Greeks.

Our moon’s PhasesOur moon’s Phases

The phases are the crescent moon and then comes the first quarter. After that then comes the full moon. The phases are caused by the Earth’s shadow. The phases are produced by the alignment of the moon and the Sun.

How the moon formedHow the moon formed

According to the "giant impact" theory, the Earth had no moon. At some point in Earth's early history, a planet, larger than Mars, struck the Earth in a great, glancing ball. Most of the planet's body and a chunk of Earth was vaporized. The cloud rose to about 14,000 miles altitude. Where it condensed into small solidparticles that orbited the Earth as they eventually turned into ever larger particles, which eventually combined to form the moon.

How the moon formed How the moon formed

Our Moon’s History

Our moon has a lot of history but I won’t put it all in here. The first person To walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969. The first Spacecraft on the moon was called the Luna 2 in 1959. Also after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon it was Edwin Aldrin and then it was the Apollo 11 mission.

Lunar EclipsesLunar Eclipses

An eclipse is when the moon plunges into the deepest part of the Earth’s Shadow. A lunar eclipse can only occur with a full moon, and only if the moon Passes through the same portion of the Earth’s shadow. There are different types of lunar eclipses here are some of the different types of them. One of them is Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, Partial Lunar Eclipse, and Total lunar eclipses.

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