Saturday, October 12, 2013

Moon



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Designations
Adjective lunar, selenic
Orbital characteristics
Perigee 363,295 km
(0.0024 AU)
Apogee 405,503 km
(0.0027 AU)
Semi-major axis 384,399 km
(0.00257 AU)[1]
Eccentricity 0.0549[1]
Orbital period 27.321582 d (27 d 7 h 43.1 min[1])
Synodic period 29.530589 d (29 d 12 h 44 min 2.9 s)
Average orbital speed 1.022 km/s
Inclination 5.145° to the ecliptic[2] (between 18.29° and 28.58° to Earth's equator)[1]
Longitude of ascending node regressing by one revolution in 18.6 years
Argument of perigee progressing by one revolution in 8.85 years
Satellite of Earth
Physical characteristics
Mean radius 1,737.10 km  (0.273 Earths)[1][3]
Equatorial radius 1,738.14 km (0.273 Earths)[3]
Polar radius 1,735.97 km  (0.273 Earths)[3]
Flattening 0.00125
Circumference 10,921 km (equatorial)
Surface area 3.793 × 107 km2  (0.074 Earths)
Volume 2.1958 × 1010 km3  (0.020 Earths)
Mass 7.3477 × 1022 kg  (0.012300 Earths[1])
Mean density 3.3464 g/cm3[1]
Equatorial surface gravity 1.622 m/s2 (0.165 4 g)
Escape velocity 2.38 km/s
Sidereal rotation period 27.321582 d (synchronous)
Equatorial rotation velocity 4.627 m/s
Axial tilt 1.5424° (to ecliptic)
6.687° (to orbit plane)[2]
Albedo 0.136[4]
Surface temp. min mean max
equator 100 K 220 K 390 K
85°N[5] 70 K 130 K 230 K
Apparent magnitude −2.5 to −12.9[a]
−12.74 (mean full moon)[3]
Angular diameter 29.3 to 34.1 arcminutes[3][b]
Atmosphere[6]
Surface pressure 10−7 Pa (day)
10−10 Pa (night)[c]
Composition Ar, He, Na, K, H, Rn

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