The Moon
Jan 15, 2016
The Moon
Formation
Surface Features: Geology
Surface Features – The Far Side
Surface Topography
Internal Structure
Iron
Liquid Iron
Lunar AtmosphereAtmospheric Pressure: 3 × 10−15 atm
(.000000000000003 times smaller than the Earth’s)~Nearly a Vacuum~
Sources of atmosphere come from • Sputtering: bombardment of solar winds ions that
release atoms of Sodium and Potassium• Outgassing: Argon – 40, Polonium – 210, and
Radon - 222 released during radioactive decay in the crust and mantle
• Capture: of Helium – 4 from the solar wind
Exploration
The Apollo Mission
Lunar landing Sites
LRO
Liquid Water???
Lunar Orbit and Spin Rate
The Sun Earth Moon System
Phases of the Moon
Phases of the Moon Simulator:http://astro.unl.edu/naap/lps/animations/lps.html
Phases Image:• http://www.moonconnectio
n.com/moon_phases.phtml
• Libration simulation:http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007_450px.gif
Earthshine
What time does the moon at a particular phase rise and set?
Lets do the Moon Dance:
A kinesthetic approach to learning
the times that the phases of the moon
rise, set and are highest in the sky.
• Rules– Your right hand is the sun– Your left hand is the
Moon– To your left is East – To your right is West– The angle between the
SUN – EARTH – MOON system must stay constant for a given lunar phase.
Eclipses
Solar and Lunar eclipse interactive applet:• http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/
pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/0072482621/78778/Eclipses_Nav.swf::Eclipse%20Interactive
TidesBay of Fundy: High Tide Bay of Fundy: Low Tide
Tides
Gravitational Tides:http
://burro.astr.cwru.edu/Academics/Astr221/Gravity/tides.html
Tidal Attractions: Readinghttp
://burro.astr.cwru.edu/Academics/Astr221/SolarSys/earthmoon.html
Tide Applet• http://www.cascaeducation.ca/CSA/CSA_Astro9/files/multi
media/unit3/tides/tides.html
Which type of Tide has the greatest change in max and min levels?
Tidal Effect of Phobos
• http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/Academics/Astr221/Gravity/phobos.html
In Summary
• How does the position of the Sun Earth moon system affect – Tides– Eclipses– Phases of the Moon