The Moon - Group 4, 4º B

lunes, 21 de enero de 2013
This is the Moon.
It is the satellite from the Earth.
It is 27% the size of the Earth. (Diameter of the Moon:3,474km; diameter of the Earth:12,742 km)
It is 149.984.403 km away from the Sun.
It takes 28 days to orbit the Earth. (Exactly, 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes)
It is white, it's a rock satellite.
It is hot in the day (110ºC) and cold during the night (-153ºC)
It's got a planet and it hasn't got rings.
It hasn't got atmosphere, because it hasn't got oxygen. There is no wind or weather on the Moon.
Some interesting facts about the Moon are that it's 4.5 billion years old and it's about 384,000 kilometres from Earth.

The Earth's movements

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