Earth’s Moon is the most familiar and also the largest satellite in relation to its planet in the solar system. It is the first body in the Solar System on which vehicles from Earth landed, and the only one to be explored by humans.
Earth’s Moon is the most familiar and also the largest satellite in relation to its planet in the solar system. It is the first body in the Solar System on which vehicles from Earth landed, and the only one to be explored by humans.
Diameter: 3,475.6 km
Distance from Earth: 406,711 km (furthest, 1912) to 356,375 km (closest, 1984), 384,403 km (average)
Mass: 734,556,000,000 tonnes; a person weighing 65 kg on Earth would Weigh 10.79 kg on the Moon
Rotation: 27 days 7 hours 43 minutes 11.5 seconds
Surface temperature: -163 ◦C to +117 ◦C
Largest crater: South pole Aitken (far side) 2,100 km diameter, 12 km deep (largest in the Solar System)
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