Learn Moon Facts, Part 2

Natalie: Get ready for more fun facts about the moon. 1. The moon is about one-fourth the size of the earth. 2. Our moon is the only moon in the entire solar system to have a near perfect circular orbit. 3. The moon rotates at 10 miles per hour, while the earth rotates at a 1000 miles per hour. So the earth is spinning a 100 times faster than the moon. 4. How come we only see one side of the moon? Well, that's because the moon rotates at 10 miles per hour. So as the earth is rotating and the moon is rotating around the earth at 10 miles per hour, that's the exact speed that it takes to keep one side of the moon facing the earth. 5. The crust of the moon is made up of some interesting particles such as uranium 236, neptunium 237. These are not found on earth and they found rust proof iron particles. 6. What do we do if we run out of water on earth? Well if you heat lunar dust to 800 degree centigrade it will turn into water. 7. Apollo 11 landed on the moon with only 20 seconds of fuel left. Talk about a close call. 8. Now, we may have beat the soviets to the moon. However in 1959 the soviets were the first to send a spacecraft the lunar 3 to bring back pictures of the moon. 9. Scientists still aren't sure how the moon came to being. There are many theories, but I am just going to tell you about three. Theory 1, a chunk of the earth became disconnected and thus created the moon. Theory 2, the moon was created by left over dust particles in space. These two theories have been disproven because scientists have studied the chemical composition of the lunar rocks and found this to be impossible. Theory 3, the moon was somehow captured in the gravitational pull of the earth. This theory just doesn't have enough evidence to support it. So scientists so aren't sure how the moon came to being. Do you believe in big foot? In a future video, facts about crypto zoology. And in a future video, facts about death. Thanks again for tuning into my videos. I have more coming. So stay tuned for more. If you have any questions, please leave the comment and please rate my video. We are starting a new channel. So if you want to check it out, click on me. No, really click on me. Click on me now. Come on, you know you want to subscribe, click on me.