2006-06-15 16:58:08 · 6 answers · asked by mixedbaby_69 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It has no formal name other than "The Moon", although in English it is occasionally called Luna (Latin for moon), or Selene (Greek for moon), to distinguish it from the generic "moon" (natural satellites of other planets are also called moons). Its symbol is a crescent. The terms lunar, selene/seleno-, and -cynthion (from the Lunar deities Selene and Cynthia) refer to the Moon (aposelene, selenocentric, pericynthion, etc.).
The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles). The Moon's diameter is 3,476 kilometres (2,160 mi). Reflected sunlight from the Moon's surface reaches Earth in 1.3 seconds (at the speed of light).
The first man-made object to land on the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959, the first photographs of the otherwise occluded far side of the Moon were made by Luna 3 in the same year, and the first people to land on the Moon came aboard Apollo 11 in 1969.
2006-06-15 19:27:17 · answer #1 · answered by daisegirl9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are looking for its latin term, it is "luna" which has been used in such words as lunar and lunatic. According the Greeks or the Romans they had feeling that when a full moon was out that crazy things happened hence the word "lunatic".
2006-06-16 00:31:18 · answer #2 · answered by jcl32791 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey...moon?
2006-06-16 02:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by Whatever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is the earth's satellite. It revolves around the earth.
2006-06-16 00:02:00 · answer #4 · answered by Amazing Advice 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
luna
2006-06-16 00:04:34 · answer #5 · answered by lovepinkbeloved 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you :)
2006-06-16 00:01:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋