2006-12-31 11:53:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There is no Dark Side of the Moon.
There is a Near Side and a Far Side of the Moon.
The moon circles around the
Earth which is circling around the Sun.
At times, the Near Side is illuminated, and at other times
the Far Side is illuminated by the Sun. However, only the
Near Side of the Moon faces the Earth. So, for all intents
and purposes we, here on Earth, only see the Near Side.
We can see a little bit around the edges, but not much.
The Temperatures on the surface of the Moon vary from
- 240 degrees F to + 240 degrees F.
Source: Ian Ridpath, Astronomy, DK Publishing, NY, NY.
2006-12-31 12:25:39 · answer #1 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Moon is not insulated from the vacuum, so it can lose its heat very fast. It's only at 100-odd degrees Celsius at "noon" anyway, and it is cooler further from the point beneath the sun anyway. There are also shadows during the day from mountain and crater edges, and except underneath the sun, it doesn't get that hot anyway. It isn't like this planet, where there's insulation and convection from the atmosphere and the radiation from the sun is diffuse. I don't know the answer to your second question in detail, but there would be an initial rapid drop in temperature which would steadily slow, so it'd never quite reach the same temperature as intergalactic space. Incidentally, what was i doing the night before? Waking up with a traffic cone is bad enough! On the final question, i don't think so. There is no pressure anywhere else on the body, so it's not like a vacuum pump. The difference between the pressure in the corpora cavernosa and a vacuum is only atmospheric pressure plus blood pressure. With a vacuum pump, the air pressure would still be pushing on the rest of my body if i was on this planet at sea level. That's two tonnes of pressure pushing blood from the rest of my body into my penis. That pressure is absent in space and the only pressure being applied would be from my heart and the elasticity of my blood vessels. However, i would add a small extra point to this. It is possible to raise pressure inside the body in order to achieve sexual arousal by forcing air into the digestive system, and some people actually do that.
2016-05-23 01:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The temperature on the moon varies from -387 Fahrenheit (-233 Celsius), at night, to 253 Fahrenheit (123 Celsius) during the day. Because the moon has no atmosphere to block some of the sun's rays or to help trap heat at night, its temperature varies greatly between day and night.
2006-12-31 12:15:48 · answer #3 · answered by charlie c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An astronaut standing on the moon , his suit will be approximate 350 deg. F. on the sun lit side ,and a -250 deg. F.on the dark side.
2006-12-31 11:59:39 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lowest temp: -233 degrees celsius
2006-12-31 12:03:50 · answer #5 · answered by Victoria1061 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends if Nick Mason's left the fridge open again...
2006-12-31 12:00:49 · answer #6 · answered by InitialDave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-180
2006-12-31 11:55:45 · answer #7 · answered by Ryan P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it gets very cold, -280° Fahrenheit
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4850
2006-12-31 11:55:50 · answer #8 · answered by Big Mack 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋