The

Moon

THE ORIGIN OF THE

MOON• Fission Theory• Binary Accretion Theory• Capture Theory

Giant Impact Theory

The Moon Surface

Leonardo Da

VinciGalileo Galilei Jan Van

Eyck

Maria ( Seas )

Terrae ( Land )

& Sinus ( Bay )Lacus ( Lake ),Palus ( Marsh )

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

EXPLORATION OF THE

MOON• Lippershey’s Telescope (1609)

Johann “Hans” Lippershey

• Wright Brothers (1903)

EXPLORATION OF THE

MOON

Wilbur WrightOrville Wright

EXPLORATION OF THE

MOON• Rocketry (1943)

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr Von Braun

Father of Rocket Science

EXPLORATION OF THE

MOON• Sputnik I (1957)

• Luna 3 (1959)

• Ranger 7 (1964)

• Ranger 8 (1964)

• Ranger 9 (1965)

• Luna 9 (1966)

• Explorer I (1958)

EXPLORATION OF THE

MOON• Apollo 11 (July 20, 1969)

Buzz Aldrin Neil Armstrong Michael Collins

EXPLORATION OF THE

MOON• Apollo 12 (November 14, 1969)c

Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr.Alan L.Bean

EXPLORATION OF THE

MOON• Apollo 17 (1972)

Lunar Craters

Location of Major Craters

Apennine Mountain

The Moon’s Interior

The Moon’s Atmosphere

Revolution and Rotation

Eclipses• Baily’s Beads

• Solar Corona

• Diamond Ring

• Solar Prominence

Eclipses in the Earth’s Shadow

Tides

High Tide Low Tide

Lunar Samples

The Changing Appearance of

the Moon

The

Moon