The Earth, Sun, and Moon
By : Josh
Goings and
Caleb lamm
size
• The size of the moon is 3476 km (diameter)
one fourth of the Earth.
• The Earth is 12756 km (diameter)
• The Sun’s diameter is 1,392,000 km
Gravity
• If you are 60 pounds on earth you are 10
pounds on the Moon.
• The Earths gravity is 6 times more than
the moon
• The sun’s gravity is 28 times stronger than
Earth.
Water
• There is a big amount of water
on the moon but all of it is
frozen.
• 71 % of Earth is water.
• The Sun has no water
The Sun’s Features
• The darker areas on the sun are
sun spots and they are cooler
climates of the Sun
Solar winds occurs when the
magnetic field of the sun extends
Weathering and
erosion
• The moon has no weathering and erosion
• The Earth has weathering and erosion
causing caves , canyons, mountains, and
other landforms
• There is no weathering and erosion on the
sun
axis
It takes the moon 27 days to rotate on its axis
It takes earth 24 hours
to rotate on its axis
The sun rotates on its
axis every 27 days
orbit
• It takes 27.322 days for the moon to orbit
around the earth.
In 365 days the earth can orbit the sun
The sun does not orbit anything.
Moon and tides
• When the moon is right over earth it starts
high tides. High tides and low tides are about
6 hours different.
What causes seasons
Earth spins on a axis. An example
is when we tilt to the sun it is
summer.
Weather and
Atmosphere
• There is not any air or atmosphere on
the moon.
• There is a big atmosphere on the Earth
causing weather
• The sun is made of gas so it has an
atmosphere and its weather is on the
sunspots.
by: Caleb Lamm and Josh
Goings thanks for
watching
Kentucky wishes you a merry
Christmas