Published on December 30, 2023 at 01:28 by Aurélia ABISUR
Even though we see it almost every evening, our satellite has not yet revealed all its mysteries. Find out several facts about him that you may not know.
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The Moon, Earth’s only natural satellite, appeared about 4.46 billion years ago, “shortly” after our planet (4.54 billion years). From the exploratory mission Apollo 11, in 1969, where humans first walked on its surface, much has been learned about it. However, she is still far from having revealed all her secrets.
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A big step for humanity
It is undoubtedly with the conquest of the Moon that humanity took one of its greatest steps. The Moon is there natural and unique satellite of the Earth ; but it is also a 3-day space trip, necessary to connect the 384,000 kilometers that separate the two stars. It is also a surface riddled with craters or the presence of water in the form of glass beads. But above all there are a lot of other mysteries that barely continue to be solved.
3 facts about the Moon you didn’t know
From 2023, India he is part of the club of the four nations in the world to have walked there, and thus to tread its hidden face. All the different missions put together provide a deeper understanding of its composition and other characteristics. Here are three.
1. The Moon is moving away from the Earth
Since the first Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s, the NASA astronauts he got into the habit of measuring the distance that separates the Earth from its satellite, using reflectors that had been placed on the latter. Over the years, scientists have realized that the Moon is receding at a rate of 3.8 centimeters per year. In several million years we will therefore have to say goodbye to solar eclipses, but also get used to looking at another star in the sky.
2. The Moon is a mini planet Earth
Our rocky satellite 4.46 billion years formed after a Mars-sized planet called Theia crashed into Earth. Huge amounts of debris were ejected from the earth’s primordial crust. Combining, they formed the Moon, which has been orbiting our planet ever since.
3. Its tectonic plates are in perpetual motion
And yes, there are earthquakes on the Moon. Shouldn’t we rename them “moonquakes”? They are proof that the star’s tectonic plates are constantly moving. Even Earth’s gravity is not entirely unrelated to the situation. One of the last tremors detected, very powerful, dates back to August 2023.
Yes, you heard right!! We only see one side of the moon🌕. The moon revolves around the earth🌏 in about 27 days. The Moon also takes exactly the same time to rotate around its axis. The Moon takes the same time to complete both movements.#amazingfacts#facts#moon#knowledgepic.twitter.com/c1wWN7fB2w
— Wirecom India (@WirecomIndia) December 22, 2023
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