all about the moon
I love watching the moon. At this very moment, a half-moon is lurking over me. I enjoy watching it. I enjoy the idea that amidst darkness, the light coming from the moon brings in certain hope...So i have surfed about some physical facts about the moon compared to earth which can be found at the latter part of the blog.
The moon is just plainly pretty to look at to. It's ok to be in a romantic mood while looking at it. At this very moment, the halo that surrounds it makes me even fall for the moon, and at the back of my mind, I am hoping we are looking at the same moon.
I am talking to the moon right now. I am happy of its presence.
MOON VS EARTH
Moon Earth Ratio (Moon/Earth) Mass (1024 kg) 0.07349 5.9736 0.0123 Volume (1010 km3) 2.1958 108.321 0.0203 Equatorial radius (km) 1738.1 6378.1 0.2725 Polar radius (km) 1736.0 6356.8 0.2731 Volumetric mean radius (km) 1737.1 6371.0 0.2727 Ellipticity (Flattening) 0.0012 0.00335 0.36 Mean density (kg/m3) 3350 5515 0.607 Surface gravity (m/s2) 1.62 9.80 0.165 Surface acceleration (m/s2) 1.62 9.78 0.166 Escape velocity (km/s) 2.38 11.2 0.213 GM (x 106 km3/s2) 0.0049 0.3986 0.0123 Bond albedo 0.11 0.306 0.360 Visual geometric albedo 0.12 0.367 0.330 Visual magnitude V(1,0) +0.21 -3.86 - Solar irradiance (W/m2) 1367.6 1367.6 1.000 Black-body temperature (K) 270.7 254.3 1.064 Topographic range (km) 16 20 0.800 Moment of inertia (I/MR2) 0.394 0.3308 1.191 J2 (x 10-6) 202.7 1082.63 0.187
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