MOONS-METEROIDS

MOON

• The moon is not a planet but a satellite of the earth.
• The surface of the moon is 9.4 billon acres
• The moon rotates 10 miles an hour.
• From earth we only see one side of the moon.
• The moon has no global magnetic field

MORE FACTS

• The moon is about 1/4 the diameter of the earth
• 49 moons could fit in the earth.
• The moon takes 27 days to orbit the earth.
• The moon is 4.5 billion years old.
• The moon orbits counter clock wise

METEROIDS

• Meteoroids land on earth as rock and dust.
• Meteoroids go through the orbit of earth,Venus,and mars
• Meteoroids are made of stone,iron,and carbonaceous.
• Meteoroids have the mass of a paper clip.
• Some can be as big as a meter and others the grain of salt.

MORE INFO

• Meteoroids are made of small elements and compounds.
• Meteoroids are located on the outer atmosphere.
• Meteoroids break down as they go through levels of the atmosphere.
• Meteoroids were made 4.56 billions years ago when earth was created.
• 500 solid meteoroids reached earths surface.

SATELLITES

• Is a machine that orbits the moon planets and stars
• NASA has more than a dozen satellites in orbit.
• Satellites allow people to see large areas at one time.
• Satellites make up the Global Positioning System.
• Satellites are launch into space In rockets.

MORE INFORMATION

• Since Sputnik 1 was launched 2,500 satellites have been in orbit
• Most satellites are in the LEO range
• Other satellites stay in geosynchronous orbit
• Weather and television satellites stay in the geosynchronous orbit.
• In the geosynchronous range the satellites "hover" in orbit.