I've Been Thunderstruck

Wrapping up my series of posts about the moon, here are ten things you probably didn’t know about the round orb that we only notice at night:

1. When Neil Armstrong took that historical step of “one small step for man one giant step for mankind” it would not have occurred to anyone that the step he took in the dust of the moon was there to stay. It will be there for at least 10 million years.
2. In a survey conducted in 1988, 13% of those surveyed believe that the moon is made of cheese.
3. How close can you get without completely running out of gas? Apollo 11 had only 20 seconds of fuel left when they landed on the moon.
4. In China, the dark shadows that are on the moon are called “the toad in the moon”.
5. The moon is not a planet, but a satellite of the Earth.
6. The moon rotates at 10 miles per hour compared to the earth’s rotation of 1000 miles per hour.
7. One side of the moon is always facing the Earth.
8. The moon is the only extraterrestrial body that has ever been visited by humans it is also the only body that had samples taken from it.
9. The moon has no global magnetic field.
10. On the moon, there is no wind or water.

These facts, and more, can be found at MoonConnection.com.