We want to try to make it at home and we want to know what it is made of and how much of each ingredient.
2006-12-25 03:50:37 · 5 answers · asked by Candy H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Scientists estimate that about 50% of the moon's surface composition is oxygen, bound up in silicate minerals!
The powdery blanket that covers the Moon is called the lunar regolith, a term for mechanically produced debris layers on planetary surfaces. Many scientists also call it the "lunar soil," but it contains none of the organic matter that occurs in soils on Earth. Although it is everywhere, the regolith is thin, ranging from about two meters in some places to perhaps 20 meters thick. The regolith consists of rock and mineral fragments derived from the original bedrock. It also contains glassy particles formed by the impacts. In many lunar regoliths, half of the particles are composed of mineral fragments that are bound together by impact glass; scientists call these objects agglutinates.
2006-12-25 06:02:09 · answer #1 · answered by Green Alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silicate minerals are found to be the main (almost the only) constituent of the surface of the moon. These include, but are not limited to, the feldspar minerals. Glass beads are also found there, and probably are the result of intense heating due to impacts of meteoroids onto the surface.
2006-12-25 05:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by David A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silicon, oxygen, aluminum, a little iron.
2006-12-25 11:15:48 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's mostly silica
2006-12-25 05:46:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CHEESE, use velvetta.
2006-12-25 08:13:36 · answer #5 · answered by R M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋