The moon is the closest neighbor to the earth in the universe. Its identity is different from one generation to another. As a child, the children imagined the moon as a small house of an old woman spinning yarn. Sometimes it is used as a metaphor by romantic people of different ages. But all this is imagination. However, in this post we will know some real information about the moon.

1. Moon story

Conventional Theoretically, 4.5 billion years ago today, shortly after the formation of the solar system, a solid part of the rock / crust, much like the shape of Mars, collided with the Earth, causing the Moon to form.

2. The appearance of the moon

From Earth we always see the same face of the moon. Although both the earth and the moon revolve in their respective orbits, the moon (as far as can be seen) is always the same, because long ago the gravitational effect of the earth slowed the rotation of the moon’s own orbit. Therefore, its orbital period and rotation coincide with the Earth, so the ‘picture’ of the moon (different from the new moon / full moon) does not change.

3. Moon-tree

More than 400 trees on Earth have come from the lunar soil (!?!) The fact is that in 1971, on the Apollo 14 mission, astronaut Stuart Rosa took about 500 plants and seeds to the moon and planted them on the lunar surface. Later they are brought back to the earth and germinated. The trees are still alive. These ‘Moon treeKnown as’.

4. Moon is the only satellite of the earth?

Many of us may think that the moon is the only natural satellite of the earth; But in 1999, scientists discovered a 5-kilometer-wide asteroid that could be captured by the Earth’s gravitational pull and form another ‘moon’.

5. The moon is not round!

Wondering? Although we see the moon as a round dish, it is round but not spherical. Rather, the structure of the moon is oval. Another interesting fact is that the center of gravity of the moon is not located at the geometric center of the planet. Its location is 2 kilometers outside the center of the moon.

. The natural disaster of the moon

Although many of us know the moon as a dream world, natural adverse conditions also arise here. There are occasional earthquakes on the moon. These are known as ‘Munkoak’. During the lunar night season, the lunar surface temperature drops to -160 degrees Celsius (extremely cold). Sometimes the weather becomes quite hot. Needless to say, the moon is not suitable for human habitation – although in movie dialogues heroes / heroines build houses on the moon in words: P

. Goodbye Chandmama!

By the time you read this post, the moon has moved a little away from our earth. Yes, the moon takes some rotational energy from the earth every year. As a result, the moon is moving upwards of 3.6 cm per year in its own orbit. According to researchers, the moon was located 22,530 kilometers away from the earth at the time of creation. But it is now 450,000 kilometers away.