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The Moon

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•The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.
•It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and
the largest and most massive relative to its
parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter
that of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia).
• It lacks any significant atmosphere, 
hydrosphere, or magnetic field.

•The Moon's orbit around Earth has


a sidereal period of 27.3 days.
Natural
development
After the Moon's formation the Moon
settled in orbit around Earth much
closer than today, making both
bodies appear much larger in each's
sky and causing on both more
frequent and stronger eclipses and 
tidal effects.
Names and etymology
The usual English proper name for Earth's natural
satellite is simply Moon, with a capital M.
Physical
characteristics
The Moon is a very slightly 
scalene ellipsoid due to tidal
stretching, with its long axis displaced
30° from facing the Earth, due to
gravitational anomalies from impact
basins. 
Size and mass
The Moon is by size and
mass the fifth largest
natural satellite of the
Solar System,
categorizeable as one of
its 
planetary-mass moons,
making it a 
satellite planet under the 
geophysical definitions of
the term
.
Structure
The Moon is a differentiated body that was initially in 
hydrostatic equilibrium but has since departed from
this condition.
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