• Question: whats the moon made of?

    Asked by lenovo to Arlene, Colin, David, Eugene, Paul on 18 Nov 2012. This question was also asked by energymonstercarla, kim123.
    • Photo: Paul Higgins

      Paul Higgins answered on 18 Nov 2012:

      Similar stuff to what the inside of the earth is made out of: rock.

    • Photo: Colin Johnston

      Colin Johnston answered on 19 Nov 2012:

      The quick answer is “rock”.

      Rocks on or near the Moon’s surface contain silicon, aluminium, oxygen,sodium, titanium, calcium, iron and magnesium.

      Like Earth, the Moon has a core believed to be made of iron. Unlike Earth’s core which is hot and molten, the Moon’s seems to be cold and solid.

    • Photo: David McKeown

      David McKeown answered on 21 Nov 2012:

      The best guess scientist have about the formation of the moon is that the earth was hit by a giant mars sized body causing bits to fly off the earth into orbit, which then grouped together to form the Moon. So the moon is made from Earth bits.

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