The Moon

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The Moon

• Mrs. Aguirres
• 4th grade class
• Room 5

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The moon is a satellite of the Earth and
orbits around it.

• (A satellite is any object that revolves around
  another object)
• http//www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/sate
  llite/2/2.html
• The Moon is about 240,000 miles from Earth
• Takes 27.3 days to orbit the Earth
• Can be clearly seen with your eyes, but fun to
  view with a telescope

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Basic parts of the Moon

• Surface has many craters on it. These were formed
  by meteors crashing into it a long time ago.

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Trips to the Moon

• Astronauts travel in space
• Apollo crew landed July 11, 1969
• Neil Armstrong, first footprints on the moon

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We only see one side of the moon.

• When the moon formed and its inner liquids went
  solid, most were pulled toward the Earth
• Its egg shaped, therefore it cant spin freely
• Spins with the Earth, this is where the phrase
  Dark side of the Moon comes from.
• http//members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/moonten.ht
  m

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Causes the tides in the Earths oceans.

• This is because of the gravity force between the
  Earth and Moon
• Moonrise on the Atlantic Ocean

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The Moon is fun to look at!
The End
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References

• http//www.frontiernet/kidpower/moon.html
• http//members.aol.com/_ht_bobalien99/moonten.htm
• http//nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/appolo.
  html
• Pictures
• http//www.netaxs.com/mhmyers/moon.tn.html
• http//www.seds.org/nineplanets/luna.html
• Armstrong photo courtesy of NASA
• Lunar features and orbit charts taken from
  Zoomschool.com
• Meteor sound Anna Hill http//www.jpinstitute.com/
  dinopedia/index.jsp