Title: Moon Notes
1Moon Notes
2Formation Theories of our Moon
3Fender Bender Earth and another large object
collided causing a chunk of material to fly off
and form our moon
4Captive our moon was traveling past Earth when
it was captured by Earths gravity
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6Sister our moon and Earth formed at the same
time in close proximity to each other
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8Daughter our Earth was spinning so fast when it
first formed that it slung off some material
which formed the moon
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10Maria dark level patches on the moon once
thought to be seas, caused by lava flow
11Highlands light patches on the moon which
indicate mountainous regions
12Terminator the line separating day from night
on any satellite including the moon
13Craters impact basins from meteorite crashes
14Impact Crater on Earth
15Ejecta rays white lines of debris coming
out of impact craters on the moon
16Phases of the Moon the moon undergoes 7 phases
throughout the lunar month (every 29 days)
17New Moon
18Waxing Crescent
19First Quarter
20Waxing Gibbous
21Full Moon
22Waning Gibbous
23Third Quarter
24Waning Crescent
25Back to New Moon
26Lunar 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
27Solar Eclipse when the moon comes between
the Earth and the Sun causing the sunlight to be
blocked from Earth