moon, n.Trivia

Earth’s gravity is about six times stronger than that on the surface of the Moon.

Uranus' moons are named after characters in Shakespeare's plays: Umbriel, Cordelia, and Ariel.

Mercury is , along with Venus, the only planet in our solar system with no moon

The sun appears to be the same size as the moon because the moon is 400 times smaller, but also 400 times closer.

Without the moon, a day on Earth would only be 6 to 12 hours long.

Saturn's moon, Titan, has an atmosphere so thick and gravity so low that you could literally fly around.

The far side of the Moon gets sunlight too.

Golf is the only sport to have been played on the moon

Australia is wider than the moon.

To drive to the moon it would take about six months driving at 60 mph

The moon is roughly the size of the distance from New York to Los Angeles (3474.8Km in diameter)

The Moon drifts away from Earth by about an inch each year.

The first food consumed on the moon was sacramental bread and wine; a secret Buzz Aldrin kept for fear of atheist backlash

The Moon's orbit and phases follow different clocks.

Apollo footprints may last millions of years.

All Jupiter's moons are named after the god's many mistresses, but Juno, the space probe sent to orbit and monitor Jupiter, is named after his wife

Driving to the moon (at 60mph) would take just under six months.

The moon is in fact falling to the earth in exactly the same way that the apple falls to the earth

A full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon

The moon hasn't been set foot on since 1972