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2012 Moon Mag.
Katie HIggs Elena Southerland 2/28/2012
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Contents Formation Creation of the Moon…… Page 3 As Big as the Moon……. Page 4 Phases of the Moon…….Page 5 Orbits of the Moon……Page 7 Effects on the Earth…… Page 9 Missions to the Moon…… Page 10
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Formation and Creation of the Moon The moon was created a long time ago, many people have theories about how the moon was created but the most accepted and widely known is the Giant Impact Theory. In this theory, the Earth had no moon until it was struck by a rogue planet which instantly vaporized. The moon is
believed to have been originally a part of Earth’s crust, whacked out by a collision between the Earth and another body bearing the size of Mars. Although this is a widely known theory many people have others that may be true.
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As Big as the Moon The M oon gigant ic and has a diamet er of 3 ,4 7 4 k ilomet ers, t he Eart h is 1 2 ,7 4 2 k ilomet ers across. That means t hat t he moon is roughly Âź of t he size of t he Eart h. The
moon is far away t oo at 2 5 2 ,0 8 8 miles away from t he Eart h.
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Phases of the Moon The moon has eight different phases a New Moon, Waxing Crescent moon, First Quarter Moon, a Waxing Gibbous Moon, a Full Moon, a Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter Moon, and a Waning Crescent Moon. A crescent moon can be waxing or waning which means that it is on either side of the moon and is cover mostly because of a shadow on the moon and it appears
to human eyes as it is only a sliver. The shadow also effects all of the other moon phases, except the full moon. At a full moon there is no shadow visible to human eyes, and it is in a full looking circular shape.
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MOON SHOES
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Orbits of the Moon The Earth orbits around the sun in an elliptical orbit, the moon does the same around the Earth. Looking down from the north pole the Earth spins in a counterclockwise direction on an imaginary line called its axis once every day. This accounts for the fact that the sun rises on the east and sets in the west. The
Earth’s axis is tilted and that makes it where the moon can make an elliptical pattern around the Earth.
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Effects on the Moon Many things that can effect the Earth can also effect the moon. Many People say if we run out of space we could live on the moon, but in reality it would be every difficult to do. The fact that you couldn’t breathe without an oxygen tank would be a first problem. Another problem is that the resources on Earth don’t exist on the moon. The lifestyle
we have would not be available on the moon. People could damage the surface of the moon and it could go into the space and fall on to earth, damaging a part of earth.
10 Missions to the Moon
Orbiter 2 Luna 13
1959 Luna 1 Pioneer 4 Luna 2 Luna 3
Jan 2, 1959 Mar 3, 1959 Sep 12, 1959 Oct 4, 1959
Flyby Flyby Impact Probe
Click here Instrument for a s list of all Instrument lunar s instrument Instrument s. s Instrument s
1961 Ranger 1 Ranger 2
Aug 23, 1961 Nov 18, 1961
Ranger 4 Ranger 5
Surveyor 3 Lunar Orbiter 4 Surveyor 4 Lunar Orbiter 5 Surveyor 5
Attempted Test Flight Attempted Test Flight
Surveyor 6
Jan 26, 1962 Apr 23, 1962 Oct 18, 1962
Surveyor 7
Attempted Impact
Luna 14
Impact
Zond 5
Attempted Impact
Apollo 7 1963 Luna 4
Apr 2, 1963
Flyby
Instrument s
Zond 6 Apollo 8
1964 Ranger 6 Ranger 7
Jan 30, 1964 Jul 28, 1964
Ranger 9 Luna 5 Luna 6 Zond 3 Luna 7 Luna 8
Impact
Instrument s
Apollo 9 Apollo 10
Feb 17, 1965 Mar 21, 1965 May 9, 1965 Jun 8, 1965 Jul 18, 1965 Oct 4, 1965 Dec 3, 1965
Instrument s Instrument Impact s Instrument Impact s Attempted Instrument s Lander Instrument Flyby s Instrument Impact s Instrument Impact s Impact
Luna 15 Apollo 11 Zond 7 Apollo 12
Apollo 13 Luna 16
Luna 10 Surveyor 1 Lunar Orbiter 1 Luna 11 Surveyor 2 Luna 12 Lunar
Jan 31, 1966 Mar 31, 1966 May 30, 1966 Aug 10, 1966 Aug 24, 1966 Sep 20, 1966 Oct 22, 1966 Nov 6,
Instrument s Instrument Orbiter s Instrument Lander s Instrument Orbiter s Instrument Orbiter s Attempted Instrument s Lander Instrument Orbiter s Instrument Orbiter Lander
Jan 7, 1968 Apr 7, 1968 Sep 15, 1968 Oct 11, 1968 Nov 10, 1968 Dec 21, 1968
Return Probe
Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s
Return Probe Crewed Orbiter
Instrument s Instrument s
Lander Orbiter
March 3, 1969 May 18, 1969 Jul 13, 1969 Jul 16, 1969 Aug 7, 1969 Nov 14, 1969
Orbiter Orbiter Crewed Lander Return Probe Crewed Lander
Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s
1970
1966 Luna 9
Instrument s Instrument Lander s Instrument Orbiter s Attempted Instrument s Lander Instrument Orbiter s Instrument Lander s Instrument Lander s Orbiter
1969
Impact
1965 Ranger 8
Feb 4, 1967 Apr 17, 1967 May 8, 1967 Jul 14, 1967 Aug 1, 1967 Sep 8, 1967 Nov 7, 1967
Lander
s Instrument s
1968
1962 Ranger 3
1967 Lunar Orbiter 3
1966 Dec 21, 1966
Zond 8
Apr 11, 1970 Sep 12, 1970 Oct 20, 1970
Luna Nov 10, 17/Lunokhod 1970 1
Crewed Lander (aborted) Sample Return Return Probe Rover
Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s
1971 Apollo 14 Apollo 15 Luna 18 Luna 19
Jan 31, 1971 Jul 26, 1971 Sep 2, 1971 Sep 28, 1971
Crewed Lander Crewed Lander Impact Orbiter
Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s
11 1972 Luna 20 Apollo 16 Apollo 17
Feb 14, 1972 Apr 16, 1972 Dec 7, 1972
1973 Luna Jan 8, 21/Lunokhod 1973 2
Sample Return Crewed Landing Crewed Landing
Instrument s Instrument s Instrument s
Luna 23
Jun 2, 1974 Oct 28, 1974
Rover
Instrument s
Orbiter Lander
Instrument s Instrument s
Aug 14, 1976
Sample Return
Instrument s
Jan 24, 1990
Flyby, Orbiter, and Impact
Instrument s
Jan 25, 1994
Orbiter
Instrument s
Dec 24, 1997
Lunar Flyby
Jan 7, 1998
Orbiter and Impact
Instrument s
Sep 27, 2003
Orbiter
Instrument s
1990 Hiten
1994 Clementine 1997 AsiaSat 3/HGS-1 1998 Lunar Prospector 2003 SMART 1 2007 Kaguya (SELENE) Chang'e 1
Sep 14, 2007 Oct 24, 2007
2008 Chandrayaa Oct 22, n-1 2008 Lunar-A
Cancelled
Orbiter Orbiter
Orbiter
Instrument s Instrument s
Instrument s
Orbiter and Penetrator s
2009 LRO LCROSS
Jun 18, 2009 Jun 18, 2009
Orbiter Impact
2010 Chang'e 2 ARTEMIS
October 1, 2010 2010
Orbiter Orbiter
Instrument s Instrument s
Septembe Orbiter r 8, 2011
2013 Chang'e 3
Orbiter May 2, 2013
Orbiter
2017
Sample Return
2017 Chang'e 5
1976 Luna 24
GRAIL
LADEE
1974 Luna 22
2011