Moon Guide
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| Diameter | 3476 km (1/4 of Earth's)
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| Gravity | 1/6 of Earth's
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| Escape Velocity | 2.38 km/s (1/5 of Earth's)
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| Orbital Inclination | 5.2 degrees
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| Apogee | Farthest away
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| Perigee | Closest
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| Sidereal Period | (Compared to stars) 27.3 days
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| Synodic Period | (Compared to sun) 29.5 days
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| Surface Temperature | 100-400 Kelvin
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| Axial Tilt | 6.7 degrees
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| Moon's Front | lunar highlands & maria; crust averages 60 km thick
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| Moon's Back | lunar highlands & craters; crust averages 100 km thick
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| Internal Structure | Crust (60-100 km); mantle (800 km thick); core (made of iron)
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| Lunar Maria | 17% of the moon's surface; smooth plains with huge circular basins, basalts, and lava flows
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| Mascons | Areas of mass concentration of gravity
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| Rilles | Deep cracks running through Maria; caved in lava tunnels, found near edges of Maria; largest: Hadley Rille (located in the mare embrium "sea of rains"
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| Lunar Highlands | Mountainous regions on surface; light in color; form around the edge of the Maria; can be 5k in height; form from impact craters; oldest feats on the lunar surface; "lunar Alps"
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| Craters | Hollowed out bowl-shaped depressions; range in size; largest: Clavius (240k in diameter; named after scholars & scientists)
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| Rays | Bright streaks of shattered rocks and dust, can cover thousands of kilometers in length, can overlap any of the other lunar feats
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| Soil | Regolith; gardening: the stirring of regolith
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