Moon Fact File
period of orbit around earth days
length of day 29.5 earth days
diameter 2,475 km
arenage trmperatune -4 ํf (-20 ํc )
areenage distance from earth 239,000 miles(384,100km)
gravity compared witn earth 0.16
density compared witn water 3.3 atmosphere none
surface details ancient rdrunic bua flows,impact cnaters
intemal composition rock near or far?
Bocause the moon is airless,it is hard
for lonar explorevs to tell how far away
distant objects look nazy,but on the sky is black even doring daytime