General Properties
What was the first mission to put a man on the moon?
Apollo 11
Dark areas on the moon
What events created craters on the Moon?
Impacts from space objects
How many theories are there for the creation of the moon?
4
This planet in our solar system is the closest to the Sun.
Mercury
What is the gravitational force of the moon if Earth’s is 1? (Can round to the nearest hundredth, tenth or say the fraction)
.17 (.2) (⅙)
How old were the lunar samples recovered?
Anywhere between 3.3 to 4.4 million years works
When a projectile strikes a planetary body what is one of the transformations of energy the impact takes.
Shockwaves/Heat
What is capture theory?
The moon was formed elsewhere in the solar system and was captured by earth.
Mercury’s nighttime can reach temperatures as low as…
170c
How many kilograms of samples did the Apollo missions get from the moon?
Over 400
Which astronomer had a small crater named after them due to being out of favor with vatican scientists?
Galileo
Who is the Planetary scientist who identified that lunar craters were caused by impacts.
Grove K. Gilbert
What theory states the moon was once apart of earth but got separated.
Fission Theory
In about 59 days, Mercury rotates this many times.
1
What type of mission was the 2013 Chang’e 3 mission?
Lander/Rover
Most of the Moon's crust consist of what material?
silicate rocks named anorthosites.
How does high speed impacts form circular craters?
Violent explosions on impact.
What theory states the moon was formed alongside of Earth independently.
Sister Theory
What caused Mercury to lose all of its surface silicate?
Bombardment from asteroids
What was the name of the crater that the LCROSS collected data from in 2009?
Cabeus
Roughly when did Mare Volcanism end?
About 3.3 billion years ago
It’s estimated on the moon a crater of what diameter in kilometers should be produced every 200,000 years.
1 km
Which moon creation theory is the right one.
None
Sometime in the last 4 billion years, Mercury has certainly lost some of this.
Mass