1. Mercury, Pluto, and The Moon
-josh Holland-

2. Mercury: Basic Facts Mass:3.3011x1023 Kg Radius:2439.7 Km
Mean Surface Temperature: K

3. Mercury: basic facts
Mercury has no moons.
Orbital Period: days

4. Mercury: basic facts
Mercury has a relatively large core, compared to its total size

5. Pluto: Basic Facts Mean Surface Temperature:44 K Mass:1.303x1022 Kg
Radius:1187 Km
Average Distance
From sun: 3.63
Billion miles

6. Pluto: Basic Facts
Pluto has 5 moons(Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra)
Orbital Period:
90,560 days

7. Pluto: Basic Facts
Pluto has a core of rock, and thick layers of ice covering that.

8. The Moon: Basic Facts Mean Surface Temperature:150-220 K
Mass:7.342x1022 Kg
Radius:1737 Km
The moon orbits
Earth

9. The Moon: Phases
The same lunar surface always faces earth because the moon is tidally locked to earth
Phases result from the position of the sun relative to the moon, illuminating a different face

10. The Moon: Tides
Tides are a result of the gravitational pull of the moon on earth

11. The Moon: Eclipse
A lunar eclipse is when the moon passes into the shadow of the Earth
A solar Eclipse is when
the moon partially blocks
the sun from the earth,
allowing the sun’s
corona to be seen with
the naked eye

12. The Moon: Missions
In July 1969, the Apollo 11 launched and landed a lunar module on the surface of the moon for the first time.
The Apollo program had 16 successful launches, 6 of which landed men on the moon.