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2006-09-14 08:41:42 · 7 answers · asked by afrprince77 2 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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The diameter of Earths moon is about 3,480 kilometers(about 2,160 miles) or about one-fourth that of planet Earth.

2006-09-14 10:26:39 · answer #1 · answered by onabluehighway 1 · 1 0

I hate to be a critic, but I want to point out that the first answerer was incorrect (sorry augmom!) - the moon has one-sixth of Earth's gravity, not one-sixth it's mass.

GoodGuy points out that the moon's mass is 0.0123 that of Earth's. In other words, if you take the reciprocal of that (i.e. 1 divided by .0123), you'll find that the Earth has over 80 times the mass of the moon.

2006-09-14 16:13:37 · answer #2 · answered by wm_omnibus 3 · 1 0

Not sure size-wise (like miles in diameter, if that's what you're asking), but I do know that the moon's mass is about 1/6th that of earth's.

2006-09-14 15:42:25 · answer #3 · answered by I ♥ AUG 6 · 0 1

I don't know what you mean by how big but hopefully the info below will answer your query:

Equatorial diameter 3,476.2 km(0.273 Earths)
Polar diameter 3,472.0 km(0.273 Earths)
Oblateness 0.0012
Surface area 3.793×107 km²(0.074 Earths)
Volume 2.1958×1010 km³(0.020 Earths)
Mass 7.347 673×1022 kg(0.0123 Earths)

2006-09-14 15:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by GoodGuy 3 · 3 0

From what I remember from school, about the size of the
state of Texas.

2006-09-14 15:49:47 · answer #5 · answered by LorHod36 3 · 0 0

BIGGGGGG!!!!!!!! wayy biggger.. im learning that in science right now.

2006-09-14 15:49:09 · answer #6 · answered by imsoCOOL_bejealous 2 · 0 0

click here


http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/Academy/UNIVERSE/MOON.HTML

2006-09-14 15:43:46 · answer #7 · answered by Big R 6 · 0 0

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