Moon
Our solitary and prominent Moon orbits Earth at a mean distance of only 382,000 kilometers (236,840 miles). The nearest planet, Venus, is never closer than 40 million kilometers (25 million miles...
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Moon
MOON. To observers on earth, the moon appears to be the most changeable of celestial phenomena. In earlier times the appearance of the new crescent was often greeted with joy as a return of the m...
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Moon
The Moon's surface. U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Reflecting light from the Sun, the Moon is often th...
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Moon
The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth. It has a diameter of 2,158.9 mi (3,475.9 km), lies at a mean distance from the Earth of 238,760 mi (384,404 km), and completes one orbit aroun...
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Moon
Humans have been observing the Moon since ancient times in hopes of explaining the mysteries of its movements, topography, origin, and composition. Early records of lunar study date back to 2200 ...
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The Earth's moon has a great deal of mystery and indefinite discoveries left for us to explore. One of the most talked about topics of the Moon is if we are going to be living there in just a few sho...
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