BellWork--Name the crew of the Apollo 11 moon mission.
Everybody remembers me – I was the
1st man to walk on the moon
Nobody ever
remembers me
– I was the
pilot.
I was the 2nd man
to walk on the
moon.
Lesson 27-2
The Moon
From left: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins,
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Man on the Moon?
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Maria & Craters &Rays
Lunar Maria 
darker areas of the Moon
From “mar” = oceans
Made of basalt (like our ocean plates)
Impact Craters
remain intact because there is no weathering &
erosion on the moon.
Lunar Rays
How the Moon was made?
Giant-Impact Hypothesis
Regolith = moon dust
Neil Armstrong’s footprint on the
moon
In the Regolith
Layers of the Moon
Layers of the Moon
Crust – Moon rocks are similar to Earth rocks
Lunar Highlands- made of silicates (white feldspar/quartz)
fused into Breccias from meteor strikes
Lunar Maria – made of basalts
Movements of the Moon
Lunar orbit
Stop here on Thursday
Complete 27-2 interactive notes
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
• Umbra = “Shadow”
• A person in the
UMBRA will see a
total eclipse
• Penumbra = “Almost
or nearly a Shadow”
• A person in the
PENUMBRA will see
a partial eclipse
July 20, 2009