Moon, Earth, and
Sun
By: Austin and Alex
MOON
The Moon has 600 metric tons of ice.
The Moon’s diameter is 3,976 km.
The Moon has six times LESS gravity than Earth.
It take 29.5 days to rotate on it axis
The blacks spots ,or Maria are lava seas , don’t
worry there is no lava there now!
• The Moon’s gravity pulls on the ocean ,in effect
making the high and low tides.
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MOON FACTS #2
• There are many landforms on the moon
including mountains, valleys, plains and
mostly craters.
• There are so many craters because the
Moon has no atmosphere that can burn up
asteroids before hitting the surface.
EARTH
• The Earth has six times MORE
gravity than the Moon.
• The Earth’s diameter is 12,756
km.
• The Earth is 75% water.
• The Earth rotates on it’s axis
every 24 hours.
• The Earth has seasons because of
it’s tilt and orbit around the sun.
EARTH FACTS # 2
• The earth orbits the sun every
year (365 days,52 weeks,8760 hours)
• Earth has a atmosphere to
protect it from space debri and a
magnetic field to protect us from
solar flares
SUN
• The sun is made of hydrogen (about
70%) and helium (about 28%) Carbon,
nitrogen and oxygen make up (1.5%)
and the other (0.5%) is made up of
small amounts of many other
elements such as neon, iron, silicon,
magnesium and sulfur.
• The sun is way to hot to support life
as we know!
SUN FACTS #2
• The suns gravity is 28 times stronger than
earth’s gravity.
• The sun can get as hot as 10,000 degrees
Fahrenheit.
• The sun has solar winds, solar flares, sun
spots, and gamma rays.
• The sun actually orbits the black hole in The
Milky Way Galaxy.