Our moon!

In space, there are many moons but today I am going to talk about ours!

First of all, here is a picture that I took of the moon with my telescope:

The moon formed at around the same time as our planet when a Mars-sized rock hit the earth's surface.

Because of the earth's gravity, all the debris that bounced off, formed a moon. 

To understand the size difference, think of earth as a basket ball and the moon as a tennis ball. 

Lunar's surface is a combination of soil, craters, dead volcanoes and wide, lava covered plains. The plains, the shadow-y parts, are called Maria, which is the Latin word for seas because ancient astronomers thought that that was what they were.

Because the moon has no atmosphere to block or trap heat at night, the temperature is very different. In the day time it reaches an average of 106 Celsius and at night: -183 Celsius!

I hope you enjoyed this post,

                                         bye!