Astronomy › Section H · The Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars › Topic H.1
The Moon and its surface
The Moon is the only other world people have walked on, and its airless, quiet surface still holds a record of events from more than four billion years ago. Learning to read that record is the first step in reading every rocky world.
In this topic
- A world on our doorstep
- Size, mass and gravity
- Exploring the Moon
- Worked example: what the density reveals
- Inside the Moon
- Highlands and maria
- A short history of the lunar surface
- Lunar soil and temperature
- Worked example: why there is no air
- Ice in the permanent shadows
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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