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Which is the highest peak on the moon?
Mons Huygens
Mons Huygens is the Moon’s tallest mountain. Its height is 18,046 ft – more than half the height of Mt. Everest! The mountain is named after Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer who discovered Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
How does the large impact hypothesis explain the moon’s lack of iron?
6) How does the large-impact hypothesis explain the moon’s lack of iron? The large impact hypothesis tells us that the material used to form the moon comes from the collision between the Earth and a large planetesimal. The material ripped off from the Earth is mainly crust and mantle.
How fa4 away is the moon?
238,855 miles
The Moon is an average of 238,855 miles (384,400 km) away.
Does the Moon have volcanoes?
This activity was originally thought to have petered out about 1 billion years ago, but more recent evidence suggests that smaller-scale volcanism may have occurred in the last 50 million years. Today, the Moon has no active volcanoes even though a significant amount of magma may persist under the lunar surface.
Did the Moon collide with Earth?
What is most widely accepted today is the giant-impact theory. It proposes that the Moon formed during a collision between the Earth and another small planet, about the size of Mars. The debris from this impact collected in an orbit around Earth to form the Moon.
Was the Moon closer to Earth in the past?
Using a new statistical method called astrochronology, astronomers peered into Earth’s deep geologic past and reconstructed the planet’s history. This work revealed that, just 1.4 billion years ago, the moon was significantly closer to Earth, which made the planet spin faster.
Is the Moon hot inside?
At its very centre, the Moon has a solid iron core with a temperature of between 1,327°C and 1427°C. This is hot enough to create a surrounding molten liquid iron outer core, but not hot enough to warm the surface. The mantle which envelops the core is roughly 1,000 kilometres thick.