2006-10-11 00:00:32 · 20 answers · asked by deepak b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Moon edible ?
No, unless u r a small kid who loves mud.
Its just like earth, w/o water.
So dont try to eat,
2006-10-11 00:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
G'day Deepak b,
Thank you for your question.
The short answer is no. It is held that more than 4.5 billion years ago, the surface of the Moon was a liquid magma ocean. Scientists think that one component of lunar rocks, called KREEP (potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus), represents the last chemical remnant of that magma ocean. KREEP is actually a composite of what scientists term incompatible elements: those that cannot fit into a crystal structure and thus were left behind, floating to the surface of the magma. For the researchers, KREEP is a convenient tracer, useful for reporting the story of the volcanic history of the lunar crust and chronicling the frequency of impacts by comets and other celestial bodies.
The lunar crust is composed of a variety of primary elements, including uranium, thorium, potassium, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, titanium, calcium, aluminium, and hydrogen, as determined by spectroscopy.
A complete global mapping of the Moon for the abundance of these elements has never been performed. However, some spacecraft have done so for portions of the Moon; Galileo did so when it flew by the Moon in 1992. The overall composition of the Moon is believed to be similar to that of the upper parts of the Earth other than a depletion of volatile elements and of iron.
I have attached sources for your reference.
Regards
2006-10-11 03:04:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the famous claymation duo, Wallace and Gromitt, the moon is made of Wensleydale cheese.
More seriously, scientific studies and personal observation by the astronauts who visited the moon, have decided that the moon is made of rock, sand, and dust and meteoric debris.
Probably not on your menu.
2006-10-11 02:13:39 · answer #3 · answered by Mmerobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha funny you should say that, I was watching bit of old black and white footage last night of Patrick Moore ( U.K.'s most famous living astronomer ) interviewing a priest ( no surprises there then!) who was convinced that the sun was actually only luke warm and the moon was not a globe, but a flat disc made of pure carbon.
2006-10-11 00:15:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
edible ? are you going to eat it and leave the poor earth without a moon ???!!!!!!!!!
The lunar landscape is characterized by impact craters, their ejecta, a few volcanoes, hills, lava flows and depressions filled by magma .. are they edible ?? sure they are not !!
the lunar rocks are basalt, norites and troctolites, anoethosite .. they are all igneous rocks (hard rocks) .. so how can it be edible ?
try to eat basalt or norite if you dont believe !!!
2006-10-11 10:12:08 · answer #5 · answered by Geo06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's made from Swiss cheese. The man in the moon has to live on something. He also partakes in a snifter of milky way every evening.
2006-10-11 00:16:33 · answer #6 · answered by luckycat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you can digest olivines and pyroxenes. I can't, so the moon is not edible to me.
2006-10-11 09:54:03 · answer #7 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny ! You can try if you have a Very very Big Mouth and like to Eat Dust and Minerals .
2006-10-11 00:21:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its made out of rocks and dirt so if you like to eat that ya you can eat the moon
2006-10-12 14:09:13 · answer #9 · answered by devilgirl121472 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, if you like to eat dirt. Some do, I understand.
It's sterile and mostly sand. Go wild. Have a bucket on me.
2006-10-11 00:02:32 · answer #10 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋