Moon Comparison Table

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Moon comparison table

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natural satellite satellite Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).

Moon 60 km Earth 27^d7^h43^m11^s 2.38 km s^-1 5°8'43" 1738 km 1000 km natural satellite 3.34 g cm^-3 V_orb = 1.02 km s^-1 1500 K 162.2 cm s^-2 = 0.165 Earth's 7.35 × 10²⁵ g = 0.0123 M_Earth displaced about 2 km from geometrical center towards the direction of Earth 29^d12^h44^m2^s.9 6°41' 0.07 Natural satellite of Earth. Studies of lunar rocks have shown that melting and separation must have begun at least 4.5 × 10⁹ years ago,so the crust of the Moon was beginning to form a very short time after the solar system itself. It would have taken only 10⁷ years to slow the Moon's rotation into its present lock with its orbital period. The Moon's orbit is always concave toward the Sun. e = 0.0549 384404.377 ± 0.001 km (1.28 lt-sec)

Next natural satellite: Nereid Up: natural satellite Previous natural satellite: Miranda

Subject	has crust thickness	is part of	is a kind of	has sidereal period	has V< i>_esc	has inclination of orbital plane to ecliptic	has mean radiu	has mantle thickness	is an instance of	has mean density	has orbital velocity	has core temperature	has surface gravity	has mass	has center of mass location	has synodic period	has obliquity	has albedo	has definition	has eccentricity	has mean distance from Earth
natural satellite			satellite																Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).
Moon	60 km	Earth		27^d7^h43^m11^s	2.38 km s^-1	5°8'43"	1738 km	1000 km	natural satellite	3.34 g cm^-3	V_orb = 1.02 km s^-1	1500 K	162.2 cm s^-2 = 0.165 Earth's	7.35 × 10²⁵ g = 0.0123 M_Earth	displaced about 2 km from geometrical center towards the direction of Earth	29^d12^h44^m2^s.9	6°41'	0.07	Natural satellite of Earth. Studies of lunar rocks have shown that melting and separation must have begun at least 4.5 × 10⁹ years ago,so the crust of the Moon was beginning to form a very short time after the solar system itself. It would have taken only 10⁷ years to slow the Moon's rotation into its present lock with its orbital period. The Moon's orbit is always concave toward the Sun.	e = 0.0549	384404.377 ± 0.001 km (1.28 lt-sec)