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What do we know about Earths moon. http://www. brainpop spins 1. The moon on an imaginary line called an . 2. When the moon spins on its axis the motion is called . – lets draw it! 3. It takes the moon to rotate on its axis 4. Another motion of the moon is revolution. It takes the moon to revolve around the earth. axis rotation 27.3 days 27.3 days

5.Describe revolution: The moving of an object around another object. Gives us the length of a year. Lets draw it

6. It is the only natural satellite Earth has. It is much smaller than the Earth (1/4 size) It has less mass than Earth, and therefore less gravity than Earth. It has no liquid water and no atmosphere so no weather to remove the footprints of the astronauts Like the Sun, the Moon also appears to rise in the EAST and set in the WEST.

11. Our Moon orbits Earth, while Earth orbits the sun. 12. Gravity is the force that keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth. This depends on the mass of the objects and the distance between them – see your gravity notes http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/moon/