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What is the Moon?
The Moon is the Earth's natural satellite.
The diameter of the moon
is about ¼
that of the Earth.
It rotates about the Earth once in about 28
days.
It also spins on its axis once in
this time and so
the same side of the
moon is nearly always
facing the Earth.
The surface temperature
of the moon
varies between about
130°C and
-170°C.
This large temperature range
occurs because
the moon has almost
no atmosphere to trap
heat.
The moon has less
gravity than
the Earth because
it has less mass. At the moon's surface,
gravity is about one sixth as strong
as it is on Earth.
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