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be re-implanted into the regolith as a result of the Moon's gravity; escape the Moon entirely if the particle is moving at or above the lunar escape velocity of 2.38 km/s (1.48 mi/s), or 5,328 mph (8,575 km/h); be lost to space either by solar radiation pressure or, if the gases are ionized, by being swept away in the solar wind's magnetic field.
The moon is the namesake of Europa, ... Climate and weather. Despite the presence of a gas torus, Europa has no weather producing clouds. As a whole, Europa has no ...
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite, orbiting at an average distance of 384 399 km (238,854 mi; 30 Earths across).It faces Earth always with the same side.This is a result of Earth's gravitational pull having synchronized the Moon's rotation period with its orbital period (lunar month) of 29.5 Earth days.
The habitability of natural satellites is the potential of moons to provide habitats for life, though it is not an indicator that they harbor it.Natural satellites are expected to outnumber planets by a large margin and the study of their habitability is therefore important to astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial life.
A new study published on Wednesday suggested that a deep-space umbrella of lunar dust could help slow the effects of climate change. The study, published in the PLoS science journal, explains how ...
Once in the vicinity of the Moon, the lander spent approximately one more Earth-day orbiting the Moon. This set February 22, 2024 at 11:24 PM UTC as the lander's lunar landing date. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The initial aim was to land within the Malapert-A crater, which is about 300 km (190 mi) from the lunar south pole.
Lunar phenomenon shows faint glow of moon’s ‘dark’ side due to sunlight reflecting off Earth’s surface
Ganymede is the only Galilean moon of Jupiter named after a male figure—like Io, Europa, and Callisto, he was a lover of Zeus. In English, the Galilean satellites Io, Europa and Callisto have the Latin spellings of their names, but the Latin form of Ganymede is Ganymēdēs , which would be pronounced / ˌ ɡ æ n ɪ ˈ m iː d iː z / . [ 38 ]