Last night, 20 January 2011, my dad and I looked at the full moon through our telescope. It was very bright and we could see lots of its craters. We were actually observing the night sky to see stars and perhaps planets. It was about 9.15 pm Sydney time. While we were searching for bright stars on the sky we suddenly saw a brighter light appearing. We were waiting for a moment and came to know that it was a full moon. It was hidden behind the building next to our apartment before. Wow, it looked so beautiful. I saw it several times and don’t you know how amazing our Moon is?
Because I was so fascinated by our observation last night, I took some time in the morning today to learn some facts about the Moon. I opened a few science books I have and found out what the books tell about the Moon, the satellite of our planet Earth. So, let me provide some evidence I found about the Moon.
First, as I mentioned earlier there are a lot of craters on the Moon. The craters on the surface of the Moon are caused by meteorite impacts. Dark areas called Maria or seas are large craters that have been filled with lava.
Another fact is that the Moon is a dry place with no atmosphere or water and consists of mainly solid rocks. With a diameter of about 3,470 kilometres it is quite large for a moon.
The following is about Moon’s orbit. As we all know, the Moon orbits the Earth. The Moon takes 27.3 days in average to orbit our home planet. This is known as one lunar month. The distance of the Moon from the Earth is about 384,400 km. You would take more than nine years to walk there!
The next are a couple more facts that I want you to know. Did you know that the Moon is bigger than Pluto? Did you know also that an astronaut last walked on the Moon was in 1973? There are many more facts but that’s enough from me now.
Many of you must have seen the Moon, also the full moon. What I saw last night from my telescope was just wonderful. It’s one of the beautiful things that I’ve ever seen. How beautiful is our Moon.
I insert the picture we took from our telescope last night. It was difficult for my dad to get a good picture because our telescope is not the best one. But I bet you would like to use it if you could also see what we saw last night.
A beautiful full moon, Sydney 20 Jan 2011
I have presented you the picture of a full moon as we saw last night, also some evidence about the Moon. I hope you enjoy the picture and want to learn more about the Moon by yourself. Have a nice day. Cheers.
Me and my telescope
