Category: Geography
Created by: tula.ndex
Number of Blossarys: 51
The moon causes many of the tides in the earth's oceans, This is because of the gravity force between the earth and moon. at full moon and new moon, the sun earth and moon are lined up, producing the ...
The surface temperature fluctuates from +300 degrees F during 2 week daystime to -270 degrees F during the 2 week midnight. this is because there is not enough atmosphere to keeo the moon warm at ...
The same side of the Moon always faces the earth. The moon's rotation period id synchronous with its revolution period around he Earth.
The moon has almost no atmosphere, because of its weak gravity. All types of gas will escape from its surface. Without atmosphere, there is no wind or water erosion. The moon's surface is about the ...
Though several flags of the United States have been planted on the moon, the U.S government makes no claim to any part of the moons surface. The U.S is party to the Outer Space Treaty, which places ...
An eclipse of the sun occurs on at new moon, while an eclipse of the moon can occur on at full moon.
Because of the loss of orbital energy to gravity from the Earth, the moon is very gradually moving away from the earth. In the very early history of the Earth, the moon looked about 3 times larger ...
By: tula.ndex