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Where is the Moon's crust?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

The moon doesn't really have a crust. The layer has fine powder on it (ground up rocks). I believe it is just one big piece of rock. There is no crust, and no center. It's basically a space rock that got attracted to Earth's gravity.

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