Moon

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The Moon has always been part of our source of mystery. In ancient times, the people thought it had powers, like a god. Most scientist believe that the Moon has been around for 4.5 billion years ago. When the Moon was first discovered the Earth was only 100 million years old. The collision threw pieces of debris into orbit, which then joined and becomes the Moon. Both the Earth and the Moon spent the next 700 million years under siege from giant meteorites. Earth’s scars from that time have mostly healed, thanks to weather, erosion, and plant life. But the Moon still bear huge pockmarks, which we call craters. The final stage in the Moon’s formation occurred over the next two billion years. Molten lava seeped up from beneath the surface, forming dark areas, now called marina, or seas.

If you weighed a 100 pounds on Earth you would weigh only 17 pounds on the Moon.

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