Moon Notes

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Moon Notes
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Formation Theories of our Moon
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Fender Bender Earth and another large object
collided causing a chunk of material to fly off
and form our moon
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Captive our moon was traveling past Earth when
it was captured by Earths gravity
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Sister our moon and Earth formed at the same
time in close proximity to each other
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Daughter our Earth was spinning so fast when it
first formed that it slung off some material
which formed the moon
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Maria dark level patches on the moon once
thought to be seas, caused by lava flow
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Highlands light patches on the moon which
indicate mountainous regions
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Terminator the line separating day from night
on any satellite including the moon
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Craters impact basins from meteorite crashes
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Impact Crater on Earth
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Ejecta rays white lines of debris coming
out of impact craters on the moon
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Phases of the Moon the moon undergoes 7 phases
throughout the lunar month (every 29 days)
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New Moon
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Waxing Crescent
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First Quarter
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Waxing Gibbous
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Full Moon
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Waning Gibbous
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Third Quarter
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Waning Crescent
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Back to New Moon
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Lunar Eclipse when the Earths shadow falls on
the moon
Lunar Eclipse occurs when the earths shadow
falls on the moon when the Earth comes between
the moon and the Sun
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Solar Eclipse when the moon comes between
the Earth and the Sun causing the sunlight to be
blocked from Earth