Moon , the oldest satellite of the Earth. Moon The moon is the easiest, celestial object to find in the night sky--- when it's there. Earth's only natural satellite hovers above us bright and round until it seemingly disappears for a few nights. The rhythm of the moon phases has guided humanity for millennia--for instance, calendar months are roughly equal to the time it takes to go from one full moon to the next. Fig:2 Moon changes our size Though a satellite of Earth, the moon, with a diameter of about 2,159 miles(3,475 km), is bigger than Pluto. (Four other moons in our solar system are even bigger.) The moon is a bit more than one - fourth (27percent) the size of Earth, a much larger ratio (1:4) than any other planets and their moons. Fig:3 A picture of earth in the surface of ...
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