Interesting Facts About the Moon
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It is estimated that our moon was formed 4.6 billion years ago (around 30-50 million years after the formation of the solar system
· A common theory is that it was once part of the Earth and was formed from a chunk that broke away due to another huge object colliding with earth when it was relatively young
· The surface area of the moon is 14,658,000 square miles or 9.4 billion acres. Earth is about 80 times the volume than the Moon, but both are about the same age
· The moon Orbits our planet every 27.3 days. Orbiting at a distance of 384,400 miles from earth and at a speed of 2,300 miles an hour
· Temperatures on the moon range from 123 Celsius, to – 233 Celsius and Just 59% of the moon's surface is visible from earth
· There are more than 300,000 craters on the moon that are each more than 1km wide
· Most people think the moon is round in shape, when in fact it is actually shaped like an egg
· Jupiter has 67 moons, Saturn has 62, Uranus 27, Neptune 14, mars 2, and earth just one
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