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* The moon is not a planet, but a satellite of the Earth. * The surface area of the moon is 14,658,000 square miles or 9.4 billion acres * Only 59% of the moon's surface is visible from earth. * The moon rotates at 10 miles per hour compared to the earth's rotation of 1000 miles per hour. * When a month has two full moons, the second full moon is called a blue moon. Another definition of a blue moon is the third full moon in any season (quarter of year) containing 4 total full moons. * From Earth, we always see the same side of the moon; the other side is always hidden. * The dark spots we see on the moon that create the image of the man in the moon are actually craters filled with basalt, which is a very dense material. * The moon is the only extraterrestrial body that has ever been visited by humans. It is also the only body that has had samples taken from it. * The first space craft to send back pictures from the moon was Luna 3 (built by the Soviet Union) in October 1959. * The moon has no global magnetic field. * The moon is about 1/4 the size of the Earth. * On the moon, there is no wind or water.
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