Monday, March 29, 2010

Moon Important Facts :



Average distance from Earth 

 

 

3,84,365 km 

Diameter 

3,476 km 

Ratio of diameter of moon to that of earth 

1 : 3.7 

Rotation speed 

27 days, 2hrs, 43 min & 11.47Sec. 

Revolution Speed 

27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 Sec. 

Time taken by moonlight to reach earth

1.3 Sec 

Percent of surface visible from earth 

59% 

First man to reach moon 

Neil Armstrong and Edvin Aldrin on Apollo XI (1969) 

No comments:

Post a Comment