01.10.2019
Interesting facts about the moon: its dark and light sides. 50 interesting facts about the moon
1. The moon is a planet, a satellite of the Earth, and the only one. The Moon is 384,403 kilometers from the Earth.
2. The moon is the second brightest object in solar system, after the Sun itself.
3. The Moon is the planet's closest satellite to the Sun, since Mercury and Venus, which go in front of our Earth, have no satellites at all.
4. The moon appeared as a result of a collision. Scientists believe that the Moon was formed when a huge object the size of the planet Mars crashed into our planet about 4.5 billion years ago. The collision was so great that huge chunks of the earth's rocks were ejected into space. Under the gravity of the Earth, the ejected debris gathered in Earth orbit and formed our satellite. As soil studies show, it consists of a less dense material, which contains little iron.
5. The word Moon comes from the Proto-Slavic word "Luna", which translates as "Light".
Craters on the surface of the moon
6. The entire surface of the Moon is covered in craters, because, unlike the Earth, it does not have its own atmosphere, which would protect it from cosmic bodies in the form of meteorites. When a meteorite enters the Earth's atmosphere, due to friction with the air, it catches fire and in most cases burns up before reaching the surface. On the Moon, everything that falls on its surface leaves huge imprints in the form of craters.
7. Craters on the surface of the Moon were left by meteorites 4.1 - 3.8 billion years ago. They are still visible only because, in geological terms, the Moon is not as active as the Earth.
8. Among the lunar craters, Hertzsprung is the largest, reaching a diameter of 591 kilometers. It is located on the dark side of the moon, so it is not visible from Earth. On visible side The lunar primacy in size belongs to the Bayi crater, with a diameter of 287 kilometers.
9. And the largest crater on the moon is called Aitken, which is about 2000 kilometers in diameter. It is also the largest crater in the entire solar system.
10. The craters of the Moon were first called by the names of famous scientists, artists and explorers, and later by the names American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts.
moon from ISS
11. The moon is not really a perfect ball. It is rather egg-shaped due to the influence of the Earth's gravity. In addition, its center of mass is not located at the center of the cosmic body, but about two kilometers away from the center.
12. Due to the fact that there is no atmosphere on the Moon, day and night change instantly, i.e. there is no twilight.
13. Today, many scammers are trying to cash in on the moon. They sell plots on the Moon and give you a certificate stating that you have the right to populate several acres of Lunar space. But even if the settlement of the moon begins, then such a certificate will not have any legal force, and will be considered invalid.
14. For the first time, plots on the Moon were sold by the American company The Lunar Embassy, founded by Dennis Hope, at a price of $ 20 per acre (approximately 4046 sq.m.). This American, having studied the UN Convention on Outer Space, concluded that it does not contain a single indication of a ban on the ownership of stars and planets by private individuals. In 1980, he proclaimed himself the owner of the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Io, Venus and began trading in "star" areas.
15. The official name of the earth's moon is the Moon. When our satellite was named the Moon, astronomers did not know that there were other planets in our solar system with the same satellite moons. Now the moons in our system are distinguished simply: our satellite is called the Moon, with capital letter"L", and the moons of other planets with a small one.
16. The moon is the fifth largest satellite in the solar system. In fact, the largest moon is the satellite of Jupiter - Ganymede, which is 5262 km in diameter, followed by the satellite of Saturn - Titan, Jupiter - Callisto and Io, and finally the Moon with its average diameter of 3475 kilometers.
17. In order for the night to be as bright as during the day, about three hundred thousand Moons would be needed, and 206 thousand 264 Moons would have to be in the full moon phase.
18. The Earth may have other natural satellites. The asteroid Cruitney moves in orbital resonance with the Earth and makes a full revolution around the planet in 770 years.
19. Gravity on the surface of the satellite is only 17% of the earth. Imagine that your weight is 100 kg. Standing on the surface of the moon, you would weigh only 17 kg. You could walk 6 times the distance and carry 6 times the weight of the earth. Using only the strength of your own muscles, you would be able to make short flights over the surface of the moon.
20. Due to the low gravity on the Earth's satellite, fine and hard lunar dust with the smell of gunpowder can penetrate everywhere. In astronauts, it caused symptoms similar to hay fever. Penetrating into spacesuits and shoes, significantly spoiled them.
Moon eclipse
21. A solar eclipse occurs in our lives quite often, but to catch a lunar eclipse where you are is almost impossible. Such a chance is given once every few hundred years.
22. The moon has an atmosphere called the exosphere. It is made up of helium, neon and argon.
23. The Moon from the Earth seems to be the same size as the Sun. Of course, the Sun is much larger than the Moon, about 400 times, but at the same time, it is 400 times further from us. But this was not always the case. Billions of years ago, the Moon was closer to the Earth and seemed much larger than the Sun.
24. There are fresh footprints on the surface of the moon. Man walked on the moon more than four decades ago, and yet fresh footprints are there. Is this fact evidence of the existence of life on the planet? No, these are just footprints of astronauts. Since there is no wind or water on the Moon, footprints can persist there for millions of years.
25. Astronauts on the Moon immediately noticed that their shadows were much darker than on Earth. The atmosphere that scatters light to create shadows on Earth is absent on the Moon. The Earth is illuminated by the Sun enough that shadows still appear, but these shadows are much harder to see than on the Moon.
26. Earth's satellite is more like a planet. The Earth and Moon are a double planet system, similar to the Pluto + Charon system.
27. There are moonquakes on the Moon, but compared to the earth, they are very weak. Their maximum score was 5.5 points on the Richter scale. The causes of lunar "earthquakes" are still not clear.
28. People always see the same side of the moon. The gravitational field of the Earth slows down the rotation of the Moon around its axis. Therefore, the rotation of the Moon around its axis occurs in the same time as its rotation around the Earth.
29. The reverse side of the earth satellite became possible to see only after October 7, 1959. On this day the Soviet space station"Luna-3" took her first picture.
30. The other side of the Moon is more mountainous compared to the one that is visible from the Earth. This is due to the force of gravity of the Earth, which has led to the fact that on the side turned towards our planet, a thinner crust.
Christopher Columbus
31. Christopher Columbus, during the 4th expedition, used a total lunar eclipse to save his team from starvation. It happened in America on February 29th. The Indians of Jamaica, where travelers were forced to spend a year, eventually began to supply them with provisions worse. To intimidate the natives, on the day of the eclipse, Columbus announced to them the wrath of the gods for negligence and went to the ship's cabin "to pray for forgiveness." At the end of the eclipse, he announced that the Indians were forgiven. Food deliveries have been resumed.
32. The moon is moving further and further away from the Earth. Initially, the Earth's satellite was 22,000 kilometers from its surface, and now it is almost 400,000 kilometers away. Each year, the Moon's orbit moves about 4 centimeters away from Earth, which means that in just 500 million years, the Moon will be 23,450 km farther than it is now.
33. The only person buried on the Moon is the famous American astronomer and geologist Eugene Shoemaker. Health problems prevented him from making interplanetary flights. After his death, his ashes in a capsule were delivered to an interplanetary research station Lunar Prospector to the Moon in 1998.
34. There are very large temperature fluctuations on the Moon. In the region of the lunar equator, the temperature ranges from minus 173 at night to plus 127 degrees Celsius during the day.
35. More than 400 trees growing on Earth were brought from the Moon. The seeds of these trees were taken by the Apollo 14 crew in 1971, orbited the Moon and returned to Earth.
Neil Armstrong
36. During the entire existence of the moon, 12 people visited it. Only a small group of astronauts have ever set foot on the surface of the moon. The first was Neil Armstrong in 1969, and the last to walk on the Moon was Gene Cernan in 1972. Since then, there have been no missions with people to the surface of our satellite.
37. People have not landed on the moon for 46 years. However, NASA is working on new Ares I and Ares V rockets that will be able to deliver payloads to the Moon and back.
38. The moon has its own time zone. It is called "lunar standard time", but it does not correspond to simple time on Earth. Time on the Moon is quite different than on Earth: a year on the Moon is divided into twelve "days". Each "day" bears the name of an astronaut whose foot has set foot on the planet. "Days" are divided into 30 "cycles", which, in turn, are divided into hours, minutes and seconds. The calendar originated when Neil Armstrong first walked on the Moon: Year 1, Day 1, Cycle 1 began on July 21, 1969 at 02:56:15 UT.
39. 200 tons of debris on the moon is space debris. It was abandoned by NASA astronauts who landed on the planet during the flights of the Apollo spacecraft in 1969-1972. Another part of the debris was left from unmanned flights carried out by the space centers of the USA, Japan, India, Russia and European countries.
40. Smartphones today are much more powerful than the computers used to land Apollo on the moon.
"Blood" Moon
41. The bloody "queen of the night" happens during a total lunar eclipse. The Earth during this period is on the same line between the Moon and the Sun. Light waves of the red spectrum (as the longest) sunlight, refracted in the earth's atmosphere, give the "night sun" a crimson hue.
42. There is no moisture on the Moon and the soil there is absolutely dry, so nothing can grow there. But samples of lunar soil brought back to Earth show that lunar soil is quite suitable for growing plants.
43. The dark spots that we can see on the Moon are called Lunar Seas. In total there are 17 seas, 1 ocean (ocean of storms) and 4 bays. But despite this, as mentioned above, there is no water there and all these seas are empty. It used to be believed that there really were seas there, but later this version was refuted.
44. The lunar seas were lowlands filled with basaltic lava, but now this lava has long hardened. By the way, Neil Armstrong, who first set foot on the surface of the moon, landed just on the surface of one of the seas, which was called the Sea of Tranquility.
45. After the members of the Apollo 11 crew arrived from the Moon to Earth, they had to go through customs. In the column "Declared cargo" were moon rocks and moon dust.
Monument to the dead cosmonauts on the moon
46. The crew of the Apollo 15 spacecraft in 1971 installed on the Moon something like a monument to the dead astronauts, namely an aluminum figurine in a spacesuit and a plate with the names of 14 dead astronauts. Among them was also our Yuri Gagarin.
47. Dancing dust exists on the moon. It hovers above the surface of the moon (more intense at sunrise or sunset). Dust particles rise up due to electromagnetic forces.
48. "Blue Moon" is called the second full moon in a calendar month. It is observed 1 time in 2.7154 years. The name of this event is determined not only by the color of the night star, but also by the translation of the English idiom "once in a Blue Moon" - "once in a blue moon." In the Russian version, this corresponds to “after rain on Thursday” (not soon or never).
49. The moon has no own magnetic field. However, the stones brought by the astronauts, nevertheless, have magnetic properties. Why such a paradox? Scientists put forward 2 theories in this regard: the magnetic field disappeared due to the movement of the iron core of the moon and its collision with meteorites.
50. The oldest pieces of debris on the Moon are spacecraft that were sent to study the planetary surface and determine if ships could land on it. In 1960, it was hypothesized that the surface of the planet is most likely covered with quicksand, which is able to absorb space rocks that fall on its surface. The automatic probes installed on the Moon showed the opposite: they showed that a person is able to land on the planet.
Our planet, unlike many others, has only one natural satellite, which can be observed at night in the sky - this, of course, is the Moon. If you do not take into account the Sun, then this particular object is the brightest that can be observed from Earth.
Among the other satellites of the planets, the satellite of the planet Earth ranks fifth in size. It has no atmosphere, no lakes and rivers. Day and night replace each other here with a frequency of two weeks, while you can observe a temperature difference of three hundred degrees. And it always turns to us with only one of its sides, leaving its dark reverse side in riddles. This pale blue object in the night sky is the Moon.
The lunar surface is covered with a layer of regolith (black sand dust), which in different areas reaches a thickness from several meters to several tens of them. Lunar sand regolith arises from the constant fall of meteorites and crushing in a state of vacuum, not protected by cosmic rays.
The surface of the moon is uneven with many craters of various sizes. On the Moon there are both plains and whole mountains lined up in a chain, the height of the mountains is up to 6 kilometers. there is an assumption that more than 900 million years ago there was volcanic activity on the moon, this is evidenced by the found soil particles, the formation of which could be due to eruptions.
The surface on the Moon itself is very dark, despite the fact that on a moonlit night we can clearly see the Moon in the night sky. The lunar surface reflects just over seven percent of the sun's rays. Even from the Earth, one can observe spots on its surface, which, according to an ancient erroneous judgment, have retained the name "sea".
moon and planet earth
The moon always faces planet Earth on one side. On this side, visible from the Earth, most of it is occupied by flat spaces, which are called seas. The seas on the Moon occupy about sixteen percent of the total area and are giant craters that appeared after collisions with other space bodies. The other side of the Moon, hidden from the Earth, is almost completely dotted mountain ranges and craters ranging from small to huge.
The influence of the closest space object of the Moon to us extends to the Earth. So, a typical example is the ebbs and flows of the seas, which arise due to the gravitational attraction of the satellite.
Origin of the Moon
According to various studies, there are many differences between the Moon and the Earth, primarily in chemical composition: There is practically no water on the Moon, a relatively low content of volatile elements, a low density compared to the Earth, and a small core of iron and nickel.
Nevertheless, radiometric analysis, which determines the age of celestial objects if they contain a radioactive isotope, showed that the age of the Moon is the same as that of the Earth, 4.5 billion years. The ratio of stable oxygen isotopes for two celestial objects is the same, despite the fact that for all the studied meteorites such ratios have strong differences. This suggests that both the Moon and the Earth in the distant past were formed from the same substance located at the same distance from the Sun in a pre-planetary cloud.
Based on the general age, a combination of similar properties with a strong difference between two close objects of the solar system, 3 hypotheses of the origin of the Moon are put forward:
- 1. Formation of both the Earth and the Moon from the same pre-planetary cloud
- 2. Capturing by the Earth's gravity an already formed object to the Moon
- 3. The formation of the Moon as a result of a collision with the Earth of a large space object comparable in size to the planet Mars.
The study of the pale blue satellite of the Earth of the Moon has been studied since ancient times. For example, among the Greeks, Archimedes' reflections on her are especially famous. He described the Moon in detail with its characteristics and possible properties Galileo. He saw on the surface of the moon plains similar to "seas", mountains and craters. And in 1651, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Riccioli created a map of the Moon, where he painted in detail the lunar landscape of the surface visible from the Earth and introduced designations for many parts of the Moon's relief.
In the 20th century, interest in the Moon increased with the help of new technological possibilities for the study of the Earth's satellite. So on February 3, 1966, the Soviet apparatus Luna-9 made the first soft landing on the surface of the Moon. The next apparatus, Luna-10, became the first artificial satellite of the Moon, and after quite a bit of time on July 21, 1969, a man visited the Moon for the first time. There has come a series of many discoveries in the field of selenography and selenology, which were made by Soviet scientists and their American colleagues from NASA. Then, towards the end of the 20th century, interest in the Moon gradually subsided.
(Photograph of the far side of the moon, landed by the apparatus "Change-4")
On January 3, 2019, the Chinese spacecraft "Change-4" successfully landed on the surface of the far side of the moon, this side is constantly facing away from the light emitted by the Earth and invisible from the surface of the planet. For the first time, the reverse side of the lunar surface was photographed by the Soviet Luna-3 station on October 27, 1959, and more than half a century later, at the beginning of 2019, the Chinese apparatus Chan'e-4 landed on the surface opposite from the Earth.
Colonization on the Moon
Many writers and science fiction writers, along with the planet Mars, consider the Moon as an object for future human colonization. Despite the fact that this is more like a fiction, the US agency NASA seriously thought about this issue, setting the task of developing the Constellation program to resettle people on the lunar surface with the construction of a real space base on the Moon and the development of "inter-earth-lunar" space flights. However, this program was suspended by the decision of US President Barack Obama due to high funding.
Avatar robots on the moon
However, in 2011, NASA again proposed a new program, this time called Avatars, which required the development and manufacture of avatar robots on Earth, which would then be delivered to the Earth’s satellite, the Moon, in order to further simulate human living in lunar conditions. with the effect of telepresence. That is, a person will control the robot avatar from the Earth, fully dressed in a suit that will imitate his presence on the moon as an avatar robot located in real conditions on the lunar surface.
Illusion big moon
When the Moon is low above the Earth's horizon, there is an illusion that its size is larger than it really is. At the same time, the actual angular size of the Moon does not change; on the contrary, the closer it is to the horizon, the smaller the angular size is. Unfortunately, this effect is difficult to explain and rather refers to a visual perception error.
Are there seasons on the moon?
Both on Earth and on any other planet, the change of seasons occurs from the inclination of its axis of rotation, while the intensity of the change of seasons depends on the location of the plane of the planet's orbit, whether it be a satellite around the Sun.
The moon, on the other hand, has an inclination of its axis of rotation to the plane of the ecliptic of 88.5 °, almost perpendicular. Therefore, on the Moon, on the one hand, almost eternal day, on the other hand, almost eternal night. This means that the temperature also in each part of the surface of the Moon is different and practically unchanged. At the same time, there can hardly be any talk of changing the seasons on the Moon, much more from the simple absence of an atmosphere.
Why do dogs bark at the moon?
There is no unequivocal explanation for this phenomenon, but most likely, according to some scientists, the fear of the animal plays before an effect similar to a solar eclipse, from which many animals develop fear. The eyesight of dogs and wolves is very weak, and on a cloudless night they perceive the Moon as the Sun, confusing night with day. Weak moonlight and the moon itself are perceived by them as a dim Sun, and therefore, seeing the Moon, they behave in the same way as during a solar eclipse, howling and barking.
Lunar capitalism
In Nikolai Nosov's fairy tale novel Dunno on the Moon, the Moon is a satellite, possibly of artificial origin, where inside is a whole city - a stronghold of the modern capitalist system. Interestingly, children's story not so much it seems fantastic, but rather socio-political, not losing relevance and in modern time interesting for both children and adults.
The moon (lat. Luna) is the only natural satellite of the Earth. It is the second brightest object in the earth's sky after the Sun and the fifth largest natural satellite in the solar system. The mistress of the night sky has always attracted human attention. Numerous signs, rituals, beliefs of people are associated with it. Many lunar mysteries have already been revealed. However, interesting facts about the Moon, which cannot be unambiguously explained by scientists, continue to excite people's minds.
The moon was created as a result of the collision. Scientists believe that the Moon was formed from the debris of the Earth and a space object the size of Mars after their collision.
2. 206 thousand 264 moons
In order for the night to be as bright as during the day, about three hundred thousand Moons would be needed, and 206 thousand 264 Moons would have to be in the full moon phase.
3. People always see the same side of the moon
People always see the same side of the moon. The gravitational field of the Earth slows down the rotation of the Moon around its axis. Therefore, the rotation of the Moon around its axis occurs in the same time as its rotation around the Earth.
4 Far Side Of The Moon
The far side of the Moon is more mountainous than that seen from Earth. This is due to the force of gravity of the Earth, which has led to the fact that on the side turned towards our planet, a thinner crust.
5. Moon Tree Seeds
More than 400 trees growing on Earth were brought from the Moon. The seeds of these trees were taken by the Apollo 14 crew in 1971, orbited the moon and returned to Earth.
6 Asteroid Cruitney
The Earth may have other natural satellites. The asteroid Cruitney moves in orbital resonance with the Earth and makes a full revolution around the planet in 770 years.
7 Craters On The Surface Of The Moon
Craters on the surface of the Moon were left by meteorites 4.1 - 3.8 billion years ago. They are still visible only because, in geological terms, the Moon is not as active as the Earth.
8. There is water on the moon
There is water on the moon. There is no atmosphere on the Earth's satellite, but there is frozen water in shaded craters and under the soil surface.
9. The moon is not a perfect ball
The moon is not really a perfect ball. It is rather egg-shaped due to the influence of the Earth's gravity. In addition, its center of mass is not located at the center of the cosmic body, but about two kilometers away from the center.
10. Name crater...
The craters of the Moon were first called by the names of famous scientists, artists and explorers, and later by the names of American and Russian cosmonauts.
11. Moonquakes
On the Earth's satellite, there are earth ... moonquakes. They are caused by the gravitational influence of the Earth. Their epicenter is several kilometers below the surface of the moon.
12. Exosphere
The moon has an atmosphere called the exosphere. It is made up of helium, neon and argon.
13. Dancing dust
Dancing dust exists on the moon. It hovers above the surface of the moon (more intense at sunrise or sunset). Dust particles rise up due to electromagnetic forces.
The satellite of the Earth is more like a planet. The Earth and Moon are a double planet system, similar to the Pluto + Charon system.
15. The moon causes the ebb and flow on Earth
The moon causes the tides to ebb and flow on the earth. The gravitational influence of the moon affects the oceans of our planet. The highest tides occur during the full or new moon.
16. The moon is moving away from the Earth
The moon is moving further and further away from the earth. Initially, the Earth's satellite was 22,000 kilometers from its surface, and now it is almost 400,000 kilometers away.
Perhaps every person at least once in his life looked at the moon. And even schoolchildren know some facts about her. We have collected for our readers not so well-known, but no less interesting facts about the satellite of our planet.
1. The moon appeared as a result of a collision
The moon was created as a result of the collision. Scientists believe that the Moon was formed from the debris of the Earth and a space object the size of Mars after their collision.
2. 206 thousand 264 moons
In order for the night to be as bright as during the day, about three hundred thousand Moons would be needed, and 206 thousand 264 Moons would have to be in the full moon phase.
3. People always see the same side of the moon
People always see the same side of the moon. The gravitational field of the Earth slows down the rotation of the Moon around its axis. Therefore, the rotation of the Moon around its axis occurs in the same time as its rotation around the Earth.
4 Far Side Of The Moon
The far side of the Moon is more mountainous than that seen from Earth. This is due to the force of gravity of the Earth, which has led to the fact that on the side turned towards our planet, a thinner crust.
5. Moon Tree Seeds
More than 400 trees growing on Earth were brought from the Moon. The seeds of these trees were taken by the Apollo 14 crew in 1971, orbited the moon and returned to Earth.
6 Asteroid Cruitney
The Earth may have other natural satellites. The asteroid Cruitney moves in orbital resonance with the Earth and makes a full revolution around the planet in 770 years.
7 Craters On The Surface Of The Moon
Craters on the surface of the Moon were left by meteorites 4.1 - 3.8 billion years ago. They are still visible only because, in geological terms, the Moon is not as active as the Earth.
8. There is water on the moon
There is water on the moon. There is no atmosphere on the Earth's satellite, but there is frozen water in shaded craters and under the soil surface.
9. The moon is not a perfect ball
The moon is not really a perfect ball. It is rather egg-shaped due to the influence of the Earth's gravity. In addition, its center of mass is not located at the center of the cosmic body, but about two kilometers away from the center.
10. Name crater...
The craters of the Moon were first called by the names of famous scientists, artists and explorers, and later by the names of American and Russian cosmonauts.
11. Moonquakes
On the Earth's satellite, there are earth ... moonquakes. They are caused by the gravitational influence of the Earth. Their epicenter is several kilometers below the surface of the moon.
12. Exosphere
The moon has an atmosphere called the exosphere. It is made up of helium, neon and argon.
13. Dancing dust
Dancing dust exists on the moon. It hovers above the surface of the moon (more intense at sunrise or sunset). Dust particles rise up due to electromagnetic forces.
The satellite of the Earth is more like a planet. The Earth and Moon are a double planet system, similar to the Pluto + Charon system.
15. The moon causes the ebb and flow on Earth
The moon causes the tides to ebb and flow on the earth. The gravitational influence of the moon affects the oceans of our planet. The highest tides occur during the full or new moon.
16. The moon is moving away from the Earth
One lunar day is equal to 29.5 days on Earth. On the Moon, it takes 29.5 Earth days for the Sun to cross the entire sky.
19. "Ares I" and "Ares V"
Humans have not landed on the moon for 41 years. However, NASA is working on new Ares I and Ares V rockets that will be able to deliver payloads to the Moon and back.
20. Progress
Smartphones today are far more powerful than the computers used to land Apollo on the moon.
Especially for those who are interested in geography and interesting facts, we have collected.
The moon has been haunting human minds since the beginning of time. And even today, in the era of progress, you can find many outlandish stories and statements about the Moon on the Internet. They range from fantastic conspiracy theories to really weird anomalies that scientists can't yet explain.
#1 Size and orbit perfect
Over the past few years, there have been several total eclipses of the Sun by the Moon. In fact, the very fact that people can observe such a phenomenon is a real miracle. It has long been known that the Moon is the only satellite that allows you to observe a total eclipse from the surface of the planet. In the case of the Earth, it all has to do with the relative sizes of the Sun and Moon and the Earth's distance from them. The moon is about one quarter the size of the earth. And now for the oddities.
The diameter of the moon is about 400 times smaller than the diameter of the sun. But the Moon is also 400 times closer to the Earth than the Sun. Also, the Moon has a perfect circular orbit around the Earth, unlike all other known satellites. This creates the impression that the Moon and the Sun are the same size in the sky. Although this is most likely a coincidence, his chance is several million to one. Conspiracy theorists never tire of proving that the reason for this is simple: the Moon is an "artificial object" and its size and orbit are precisely adjusted.
#2 Hollow
Carl Sagan stated in his book "Intelligent Life in the Universe" in 1966 that the planet's natural satellite cannot be hollow. Most agreed with him. Therefore, scientists were shocked when seismic equipment on the Moon registered significant reverberations on November 20, 1969, after the landing of the Apollo 12 lunar module on the surface of the Moon. The moon not only "rang like a bell," it did so for over an hour. According to the data, this suggests that the moon is hollow.
During the next mission, the reverberation was measured again. This time the effect was even greater, and the "ringing" lasted more than three hours. Despite speculation that the Moon may indeed be hollow, based on NASA's own experiments, the results were largely hidden by NASA in later years.
#3 Strange craters
The moon is simply dotted with craters that have formed over the billions of years of its existence. Oddly enough, these craters are the same in depth. According to what scientists know today, these craters would have to vary greatly in depth, but this is not the case on the Moon. Most agree that this is just an anomaly, but some argue that the Moon is artificial or hollow, and consider these craters to be proof of their theory.
Allegedly, under the rocky lunar surface, there is an "inner shell" consisting of some kind of metallic material that can absorb impacts and evenly distribute them over the entire surface, thereby preventing the formation of deep craters. According to some, this shell also prevents damage to what may lie underneath.
#4 Artificial structures
NASA says "artificial" structures on the Moon are optical illusions in most cases, and the result of blurry, low-quality images in other cases. However, enthusiastic UFO enthusiasts claim that these images are irrefutable proof of alien and artificial structures on the Moon. Even in a couple of minutes on the Internet you can find a bunch of similar photos, some of which are quite convincing. But reliable evidence, of course, is not enough.
One of these anomalies is called the Shard, and can be found in NASA photographs. In the picture you can see an artificial structure rising above the surface. The fact that it casts a shadow leads many UFO researchers to dismiss the idea. optical illusion. Interestingly, at a relatively short distance is another alleged structure "The Tower", which is estimated to be about 11 kilometers high.
#5 Artificially placed in orbit
There is no doubt that life on Earth would change dramatically without the Moon. For humans, it may even become impossible. The moon stabilizes the earth's oceans and the polar regions of the planet, which creates the seasons of the year that allow most regions of the planet and life to flourish.
However, many ancient writings seem to describe a time before the moon appeared in the Earth's sky. Some believe that the Moon is an artificial structure, specially placed in a precisely calculated orbit to stabilize conditions on Earth.
#6 Alien intelligence base
If some unknown ancient civilization purposefully placed the Moon in Earth's orbit, then the only logical assumption would be that it was done by an extraterrestrial race. For example, the controversial explorer and author David Icke argues that the Moon is artificial satellite, transmitting signals from Saturn to our planet and creating a "matrix", which is our reality.
#7 Unique rotation
Everyone has heard about the dark side of the moon, which people have never seen. Many people think that the Moon is always turned to the Earth on one side, since it does not rotate. But it would be more accurate to call this part of the moon the "far side" because the moon actually rotates. The Moon makes a full circle around the Earth in 27.3 days, and it rotates around its axis in 27 days. This "synchronous rotation" causes one side of the Moon to always "walk away" from our planet.
Again, the Moon is unique in this, compared to the moons of other planets. From the point of view of conspiracy theorists, this was done on purpose so that the "dark side of the moon" would be an ideal place to set up an alien base.
#8 The real story of the moon
In his controversial and widely derided book Letters from Andromeda, author and researcher Alex Collier claimed to have uncovered real story Moon. But here's the way he received his information, a little "alert" people - the author allegedly received "telepathic messages" from an alien who lived in the constellation "Zeneta". According to Collier, the moon was actually huge spaceship who arrived here millions of years ago. She brought back "reptilians, human-reptilian hybrids, and the first humans to walk on Earth."
Collier claims that the moon is empty, and there are several secret entrances on the surface leading inward. Beneath the surface of the moon, there is a metal shell that hides the remains of ancient alien bases from a huge war 113,000 years ago. Today, these bases are occupied by a secret world government that has worked alongside an extraterrestrial race.
#9 Dolunar story
Many ancient scriptures speak of a time "before the moon". For example, Aristotle wrote about Arcadia, stating that the earth was inhabited "before the moon was in the sky above the earth." Similarly, Apollonius of Rhodes spoke of a time "when not all the 'balls' were still in heaven."
The Chibcha tribe in Colombia also has similar oral legends that begin with the words: "In the most early times before the moon was in the heavens. The Zulus have legends that claim that the moon was "pulled" from an unimaginable distance.
#10 Secret missions
Alex Collier is not the only person who claims that there are bases on the moon. There have been numerous such claims over the past two decades, often purporting to come from anonymous individuals who have made secret documents public. One of the recent claims of a moon base was made by Dr. Michael Salla, who is working with the Chinese space agency on a manned mission to the moon. If successful, this would be the first time a man has landed on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Salla claims that the base is part of a "military-industrial extraterrestrial complex." Even more bizarre are his comments that NASA was actively bombarding such bases, as well as "ancient artifacts and objects" to hide their existence. In addition, he stated that secret missions to explore the moon are being carried out by a "secret world government" that has entered into a secret pact with an unknown extraterrestrial race.
