The Moon (Luna) | CosmoVerse

Lunar Overview

Earth's only natural satellite and the main driver of our ocean tides.

Tidally locked to Earth

Causes ocean tides

Ancient basalt plains

Likely formed after a giant impact

Surface & Orbital Metrics

Earth

Parent Planet

3,474.8 km

Diameter

7.35 x 10^22 kg

Mass

1.62 m/s^2

Gravity

27.32 days

Orbital Period

27.32 days

Rotation Period

-20 C avg

Surface Temperature

Extremely thin exosphere

Atmosphere

Mission History

No recorded missions in the database for this object.

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