Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Moon

December 14, 2010 by  
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Designations:- Adjective”lunar” Orbital characteristics :- Perigee363 104 km (0.002 4 AU) Apogee405 696 km (0.002 7 AU) Semi-major axis384 399 km (0.002 57 AU) Eccentricity0.054 9 Orbital period27.321 582 d (27 d 7 h 43.1 min) Synodic period29.530 588 d (29 d 12 h 44.0 min) Average orbital speed1.022 km/s Inclination5.145° to the ecliptic (between 18.29° and 28.58° to Earth’s equator) Longitude of ascending noderegressing by one revolution in 18.6 years Argument of perigeeprogressing by one revolution in 8.85 years Satellite ofEarth Physical characteristics:- Mean radius1 737.10 km (0.273 Earths) Equatorial radius1 738.14 km (0.273 Earths) Polar radius1 735.97 km (0.273 Earths) Flattening0.001 25 Circumference10 921 km (equatorial) Surface area3.793 × 107 km² (0.074 Earths) Volume2.195 8 × 1010 km³ (0.020 Earths) Mass7.347 7 × 1022 kg (0.012 3 Earths) Mean density3 346.4 kg/m³ Equatorial surface gravity1.622 m/s² (0.165 4 g) Escape velocity2.38 km/s Sidereal rotation period27.321 582 d (synchronous) Equatorial rotation velocity4.627 m/s Axial tilt1.542 4° (to ecliptic) 6.687° (to orbit plane) Albedo0.12 Surface temp. equator 85°Nminmeanmax 100 K220 K390 K 70 K130 K230 K Apparent magnitude−2.5 to −12.9 −12.74 (mean full moon) Angular diameter29.3 to 34.1 arcminutes The Moon (Latin: Luna) is Earth’s only natural satellite and the fifth largest natural satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384403 km, about

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14 Responses to “Moon”
  1. OtacDomovine says:

    The Fifth Element – Soundtrack -> Paul Oakendold – Diva Dance

  2. hyperboy212 says:

    i like the music what is the song with the lady singing called

  3. OtacDomovine says:

    hvala hvala :)

  4. hunchek says:

    eii!ovo ti je predobro,paše ssu baš izmjene slika po muzici,a i sviđa mi se tema mjesec….stvarno super….ajd idem sad ovog drugog videa pogledat koji si napravil….

  5. OtacDomovine says:

    ty, kiss ;)

  6. OtacDomovine says:

    yep :)

  7. lijerica says:

    Its fantastic, dramatic I loved it and had a look at the video a few times.. I think you should add the smiley face moon as well.. Kisses … lijerica

  8. OtacDomovine says:

    ty a lot: ” volimbiti” is friends Channel …Was there before 5 min… now i am home..will try download that, Vidoe Edit Magic 4.4. – ty ; do u know some good song for my next video ” Sun ” ..some good song for picture show..:)

  9. zzahier says:

    try Video Edit Magic 4.4 easy to use can agg two sound tracks at once or can over;ap music with commentary.

  10. volimbiti says:

    ty a lot :) song is too hard for ” windows movie maker ” ; cant do 0.1,0.2,0.3 etc. sec pic duration :(

  11. zzahier says:

    it is actually an excellent presentation I liked it and as a scientist am impressed by the presentation.

  12. olujja says:

    mijesec

  13. OtacDomovine says:

    ty for 5 stars

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