Temperatures on the moon are very hot in the daytime, about 100 degrees C. At night, the lunar surface gets very cold, as cold as minus 173 degrees C. This wide variation is because Earth’s moon has no atmosphere to hold in heat at night or prevent the surface from getting so hot during the
Read moreThe gravitational force on the moon is less than on Earth, because the strength of gravity is determined by an objects’ mass. The bigger the object, the bigger the gravitational force. Gravity is pretty much everywhere. 1 How do astronauts walk on the moon without floating away? 2 How do astronauts stand on
Read moreWell-preserved large craters like Tycho (about 53 miles [85 kilometers] across), Copernicus (58 miles [93km] wide), and Aristarchus (25 miles [41km] in diameter) have rim-to-floor depths of about 15,700 feet (4,800 meters), 12,500 feet (3,800m), and 9,800 (3,000m), respectively. 1 How many miles deep are the craters on the Moon? 2 How deep
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