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This photo is from a Florida Keys tour company

Monday, February 8, 2010

Moon Fun Facts

Moon Fun Facts!!
Did You Know?


The temperature on the moon is 300 degrees Fahrenheit for two weeks then -270 degrees Fahrenheit for two weeks.

The moon is 4.5 billion years old.

The moon weighs 162,017,720,000,000,000 million pounds.

The diameter of the moon is 2159.8863 miles, just a quarter of the size of the Earth. It would take 4 days to drive around it by car.

The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 238, 896.72 miles. If you took a car and drove to the moon it would take you 130 days. By rocket it would take 13 hours.

The moon takes 27.3217 days to orbit the Earth.

The moon has no atmosphere.

There is no wind or weather on the moon.

The moon is not a light source, it reflects light from the sun.

A 70 pound person would weigh 11.62 pounds on the moon! A 200 pound person would weigh 33.2 pounds on the moon!


1 comment:

  1. nice information on the moon very intereasting to know. @ everyone I enjoyed reading the information you guys put and i felt it was very age appropriate fifth grade if im not mistaken? maybe a little older. they would be very intereasted also to learn the phases i dont remeber if you guys put that and im a little early so you might still do something on them... but very nice!

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