The Moon

Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

The Moon travels around Earth in an oval orbit at 36,800 kilometers per hour. The Moon does not have an atmosphere, so temperatures range from -184 degrees Celsius during its night to 214 degrees Celsius during its day except at the poles where the temperature is a constant -96 degrees Celsius.





ASTEROID A rocky space object that can be from a few hundred feet to several hundred km wide.

ATMOSPHERE The layers of gases that surround a star, like our Sun, or a planet, like our Earth.

BASALT A dark, fine-grained volcanic rock.

COMET Frozen masses of gas and dust which have a definite orbit through the solar system.

GRAVITY The force of attraction between two objects which is influenced by the mass of the two objects and the distance between the two objects.

ORBIT A specific path followed by a planet, satellite, etc. PLAINS Vast, flat areas with low elevation.

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