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How are the moon's dark-colored areas different from its light-colored areas?
The dark colored areas are actually shadows produced by the sun hitting the moons mountains, casting shadows on the land around them and light colors are not
What feature covers much of the moons surface?
The moons surface has mountainous highlands and large circular plains. The circular plains are called Maria. The mountain has heights up to 25000 feet.
What is the brightest moon called?
Moons don't produce light.
Do Planets and their moons emit light?
No. Planets and moons reflect light.
How do stars reflect light of planets and moons?
They don't. It's the planets and moons that reflect the light of stars.
What are moons light colored highlands?
Cast shadows from crater edges, etc, give the dark parts, while the uncratered highlands reflect light broad enough to appear light colored.
What are the moons light colored highlands?
Cast shadows from crater edges, etc, give the dark parts, while the uncratered highlands reflect light broad enough to appear light colored.
What feature of the moon did Galileo identify?
Galileo correctly inferred that some of the light-colored features he saw on the moons surface were highlands, or mountains.(:
Who was the first person to observe the moon through a telescope What features of the moon did he identify?
Galileo was the first person to observe the moon through a telescope.Galileo correctly inferred that some of the light-colored features he saw on the moons surface were highlands, or mountains.
Who was the first person to observe the moon through a telescope.. What features of the moon did he identify?
Galileo was the first person to observe the moon through a telescope.Galileo correctly inferred that some of the light-colored features he saw on the moons surface were highlands, or mountains.
How are the moon's dark-colored areas different from its light-colored areas?
The dark colored areas are actually shadows produced by the sun hitting the moons mountains, casting shadows on the land around them and light colors are not
What is the oldest area of moons surface?
Lunar Highlands
What feature covers much of the moons surface?
The moons surface has mountainous highlands and large circular plains. The circular plains are called Maria. The mountain has heights up to 25000 feet.
What are the remains of the moons crust that were not covered by lava debris?
highlands
What is the brightest moon called?
Moons don't produce light.
Do Planets and their moons emit light?
No. Planets and moons reflect light.
What are features on the moons surface?
craters
