Moon | Features, Phases, Surface, Exploration, & Facts
WEB1 day ago · Moon, Earth ’s sole natural satellite and nearest large celestial body. Known since prehistoric times, it is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun. It is designated by the symbol ☽. Its name in English, like that of Earth, is …
Surface features of the Moon - Institute of Physics
WEBThe Moon’s surface had what looked like valleys, plains and mountains much like the distinctly unheavenly surface of the Earth. Galileo’s conclusion led him to search for imperfections in other objects in the night sky – and ultimately to prove that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe.
In Depth | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBStructure. Earth's Moon has a core, mantle, and crust. The Moon’s core is proportionally smaller than other terrestrial bodies' cores. The solid, iron-rich inner core is 149 miles (240 kilometers) in radius. It is surrounded by a liquid iron …
This is the most comprehensive map of the moon’s geology yet
WEBApr 24, 2020 · A new map of the moon is the most comprehensive geologic map of the lunar surface (nearside shown left, farside shown right). Different colors designate different surface features, such as...
Earth's Moon - Science@NASA
WEBEarth's Moon is the brightest and largest object in our night sky. The Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years.
The Moon’s Surface - Science@NASA
WEBOct 3, 2017 · The Moon’s Surface. From lunar orbit, astronauts pointed cameras out the window of their spacecraft to capture photos of the moon's surface. The closest look we’ve had at the moon came from the launch of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s. Between 1967 and 1972, a series of missions landed the first men on the moon.
Moon - Wikipedia
WEBThe lunar surface is covered in lunar dust and marked by mountains, impact craters, their ejecta, ray-like streaks, rilles and, mostly on the near side of the Moon, by dark maria ("seas"), which are plains of cooled magma. These maria were formed when molten lava flowed into ancient impact basins.
Moon Facts - NASA Science
WEBThe Moon has a solid, rocky surface cratered and pitted from impacts by asteroids, meteorites, and comets. The Moon has a very thin and tenuous atmosphere called an exosphere. It is not breathable.
A New Map of the Moon - NASA
WEBNov 18, 2011 · NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter science team released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the moon ever created. This new topographic map shows the surface shape and features over nearly the entire moon with a pixel scale close to 328 feet.
Everything you need to know about the Moon | Astronomy.com
WEBSep 7, 2023 · The lunar surface largely consists of rocky terrain punctuated by dark, flat plains known as maria, which are ancient asteroid impact basins that filled with molten rock when the Moon’s...