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==== Six flags on the Moon ==== | ==== Six flags on the Moon ==== | ||
- | A total of six flags were flown on the surface of the Silver Globe, five of which are still standing today. Interestingly, | + | A total of six flags were flown on the surface of the Silver Globe, five of which are still standing today. Interestingly, |
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==== Trained in Iceland ==== | ==== Trained in Iceland ==== | ||
The Apollo mission astronauts were trained in Iceland because it was thought that its terrain most closely resembled that of the Moon. [([[https:// | The Apollo mission astronauts were trained in Iceland because it was thought that its terrain most closely resembled that of the Moon. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Moon's rotation ==== | ||
+ | The moon's rotation - the time it takes to rotate once on its own axis - takes the same amount of time as the moon takes to complete one orbit of the Earth or about 27.3 days. This means that the moon's rotation is synchronized in such a way that the moon shows the Earth in the same hemisphere at all times. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Dark side of the moon ==== | ||
+ | The dark side of the moon does not exist. Both sides of the moon receive the same amount of sunlight, but only one side of the moon is seen from Earth. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Earth had no moon ==== | ||
+ | At the beginning of its existence, Earth had no moon. At some point in Earth' | ||
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+ | ==== Moon has no atmosphere ==== | ||
+ | The Moon has no atmosphere. The Moon's surface is unprotected from cosmic rays, meteorites, and solar winds and has huge temperature fluctuations. The lack of an atmosphere means that no sound can be heard on the Moon, and the sky always appears black. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== The distance ==== | ||
+ | The distance between the Earth and its moon averages about 384,000 kilometers (238,855 miles). The diameter of the moon is 3476 kilometers. The mass of the moon is about 1.25%j the mass of the Earth. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Moondust ==== | ||
+ | Moondust smells like gunpowder. That's what the astronauts claim. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Twelve Americans ==== | ||
+ | Only 12 people walked on the moon. They were exclusively American citizens. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== High-speed Internet ==== | ||
+ | There is high-speed Internet on the moon: 19 Mbps. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Shaped like an egg ==== | ||
+ | The moon is not round - it is shaped more like an egg. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Moonquakes ==== | ||
+ | Lunar quakes, which occur several kilometers below the Moon's surface, may be the result of the Earth' | ||
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+ | ==== More computing power ==== | ||
+ | Your cell phone has more computing power than the computers used for the Apollo 11 moon landing. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Apollo 11 tapes ==== | ||
+ | The original tapes of the Apollo 11 moon landing were erased by mistake, by re-recording something else. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Flags on the moon ==== | ||
+ | Flags placed on the moon are now white due to solar radiation. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Piece of the Wright brothers' | ||
+ | When Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he carried a piece of the Wright brothers' | ||
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