Q. If you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, how much would you weigh on the Moon?
A. 16½ pounds
Q. If you can jump 3 feet high on the Earth, how high could you jump on the Moon?
A. Just over 18 feet
Q. How many times heavier is the Earth than the Moon?
A. 81 times
Q. How many Moons would fit inside the Earth?
A. 49
Q. How fast does the Moon travel in its path around the Earth?
A. 2,287 miles per hour
Q. Which is the largest crater on the Moon?
A. The crater Bailly. It is 183 miles across.
Q. How long does it take radio signals to travel from the Earth to the Moon?
A. About 1¼ seconds. (Radio signals move at the speed of light – about 186,000 miles per second.)
Q. How many spacecraft have landed or crashed on the Moon?
A. At least 37 – 24 from the United States and 14 from Russia.
Q. How much did all the Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts weigh?
A. 842 pounds
Q. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
A. Neil Armstrong
Q. What year did the first person walk on the Moon?
A. 1969
Q. Is there such a thing as a "moonquake"?
Q. Is there such a thing as a "moonquake"?
A. Yes. Instruments left on the Moon's surface have recorded about 3,000 moonquakes per year.