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The
Moon
The
moon, as the only natural satellite of earth, orbits 384, 400 kilometers
away from Earth. With a
diameter of 3,476km, it is much smaller than earth.
The
moon used to be a part of earth many years ago, but when an object the
size of mars hit it, a piece broke off and formed the moon.
Without air, the moon gets direct solar wind and also, direct
hits by meteors. Although
most meteors would burn up in earth’s atmosphere, they do not burn up
before hitting the moon.
Since
the moon does not have any weather, craters, and anything else do not
change, unless something hits it, so the footprints of Apollo 11
astronauts can still clearly be seen by anyone ever goes to the moon
again.
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