The Origins Of The Earth's Moon

The moon is by far the biggest and most easily recognizable object in earth’s atmosphere that can be perceived by the naked eye on a cloudless night. It is hypothesized that it came into existence nearly 4.5 billion years ago, from residual debris after a planetary body collided with earth. Although, considered the runner-up to the sun as the second brightest object in the sky, its illumination is deceitful, insomuch as the moon is not a source of light, but instead reflects the sun’s illumination from the half of the moon that is in direct alignment with the sun at that time. More readily identified as a satellite of the earth rather than as a planet itself or even a star, it has a diameter a quarter of the size of earth’s size and it

Have you ever considered that the moon may not be exactly what it seems to be? Science says that the moon was a result of the Earth colliding with another planet, causing a rocky mass to break free from the earth and be pulled into orbit by the force of gravity. Conspiracy theorists have considered the possibility that the moon may be something more than just a rocky mass orbiting the earth. A theory that has been created regarding our moon is called The Hollow Moon Theory. This theory tries to prove that the moon may just be a cover or a protective layer around an alien's UFO. It may be hard for some to go against scientific research, but there is a possibility that something other than a collision is responsible for the formation of our moon.

238,900 miles away, the earth’s moon is one that is truly unique. With a given age of about 4.5 billion years the Earth serves a major role in real life and in the book Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. When catastrophe strikes, Earth takes a turn for the worst and great natural disasters occur. Thousands die, but there are a number of survivors. If there are survivors, how beneficial is the moon actually? What would happen if the moon had been destroyed? How necessary is it for human survival? The Moon, is a great benefactor to human survival because of the benefits earth gets from it.

and a large amount of ice, its density is not compromised. This moon is almost as large as

and sediments has shown something incredible. It contained clues to how Earth and the Moon formed as well as the history of the Sun. The scientists looked for what life would be like if humans could live on the moon. The Apollo 11 mission brought back the first geologic samples from the Moon back to Earth. Astronauts collected twenty-two kilograms of material which acquired samples of the lunar "soil," fifty rock samples and two core tubes which was found below the moon’s surface. All the samples was not composed with any water which provided no evidence for living organisms in the Moon's history. They figured out that there was volcanic activity since they

There are many different theories about how the moon was formed. People believe different things. I believe one is more reliable than all the others. I think the Big impact theory is the most trustworthy. The Big Impact theory has many different pieces of evidence behind it. The other ones i could barely find any.

Mostly every planet in our solar system has some traces of iron that can be found. But the moon is unique, because there is little to no iron on the moon. The Moon has an abnormally low density compared to the terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), indicating that it lacks high-density iron (Giant Impact Theory For Moon Formation Boosted 1). The density of the moon is 3.346 g/cm3, while the Earth is much denser at 5.52 g/cm3 (Cain 1). The moons low density correlates with the Giant Impact

The moon is a giant ball of rock in our sky. The moon came to be where it is now when a giant, mars sized “proto plantet” as such, smashed into earth sending tons of molten rock flying into space and slowly the moon began to form from that rock. The moon affects our planet in many ways. It affects the oceans tides by pulling water toward where ever it is. Also it has an effect on how long each day is because it slows down the earths spinning by orbiting in the opposite direction. If the moon moon were only 10% further away from earth than it is today the earth would wobble and we would be totally out of place. If the moon was closer to earth, and it depends how much closer, but if it was about 20 times closer the earth would spin much slower

The moon is one of God’s most fascinating creations. It is responsible for so much more than most people realize. Man has studied the moon for thousands of years to try and understand its mysteries. These studies show that the moon is a very important resource for planet Earth. The moon affects Earth by providing light at night, controlling the tides, and by slowing our planet’s rotation.

3. The most supported theory of moon formation today is that a similar sized planetoid (Theia) to our early proto-earth moved closer and closer until finally slamming into earth – being partially absorbed and then throwing off an immense amount of matter. [see image below] This impact was responsible for both the formation of the moon and the tilting of the earth on its axis.

The Apollo missions began because of political reasons not scientific reasons. There was a total of 12 astronauts that explored the moon. There were six different landing sites and they were located in the central part of the moon. This means there is much more of the moon to explore. They spent twelve and a half cumulative days on the surface of the moon, 3.4 were spent outside. Because of the different Apollo missions there we much has been discovered. Because of the studies, of the craters they were able to determine the age of the moon. They were able to learn about core and crust formation. The moon has many similarities to the earth. Through seismology studies they discovered that the moon has moonquakes like the earth has earthquakes

Scientists have suggested that the moon was created when a Mars size object collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago. There was more than 40 percent of the moon made up of debris from the impacting body. The model fit an emerging view of how

“We've found particles of fresh glass in Moon rocks that were produced by explosive volcanic activity and by meteorite impacts over 3 billion years ago. The presence of water on Earth rapidly breaks down such volcanic glass in only a few million years.” Rock samples, impossible to be from earth.

The Moon’s surface the oldest material from the surface of the Moon is almost as old as we believe the Solar System to be. The surface of the Moon is a lot like the surface of a volcano.

As the human race gazes upon the stars, it finds that its natural instincts to explore, possess, and mold become illuminated. The real question for the human race is not whether to explore but what to possess in the Solar System first? Whether man should first colonize Mars, Venus, or Earth’s Moon is the real question for the human race because a successful first attempt would directly influence life on Earth economically and politically for generations. If a successful colonization mission can be achieved in the first attempt, it would directly result in increased funding for space programs across the globe. The debate is between these three surfaces for the reasons that these surfaces are closer than other entities in the Solar System and the surface of these entities are solid enough to land equipment and Astronauts. The Moon is the most plausible of all the surfaces, because it is closer than any other entity, has resources that would fund the expedition, more hospitable, and the Moon has more of a history with mankind’s culture. Sometimes the best deals are spoiled by the distance one must travel to get it.