This is an extract from the "QI: The Book of General Ignorance" referring to the question "What does the moon smell like?"
"Like gunpowder, apparently.
Only twelve people have walked on the moon, all of them American. Obviously, in their airtight space suits the astronauts could not actually smell the moon but moon dust is clingy stuff and plenty of it was traipsed back into the cabin when they returned from the moon's surfice. They reported that moon dust feels like snow, smells like gunpowder and doesn't taste too bad.
The idea that the moon was made of cheese seems to date from the 16th century."
There is more about the moon in it but it isn't relivent to the smell of it.
No, the moon does not smell of gunpowder. The moon does not have an atmosphere, so there are no molecules that can carry a smell like gunpowder.
The moon does not have a smell because it has no atmosphere to carry scents. When astronauts return from the moon, they report that the lunar soil smells like gunpowder due to the compounds present in the dust.
In theory, yes.
They smell like a starfish
The phases of the moon are: New moon Waxing crescent moon First quarter moon Waxing gibbous moon Full moon Waning gibbous moon Last Quarter moon Waning crescent moon New moon
No, the moon does not smell of gunpowder. The moon does not have an atmosphere, so there are no molecules that can carry a smell like gunpowder.
Cold and dusty
'A wet dog smell' According to Alice in new moon
yes cause it cant have a shower dah
The moon does not have a smell because it has no atmosphere to carry scents. When astronauts return from the moon, they report that the lunar soil smells like gunpowder due to the compounds present in the dust.
because of the gravity on the moon and because it is really smell compared to the sun.
'A wet dog smell' According to Alice in new moon
No, Neptune does not smell like sulfur. Neptune is a gas giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, with traces of methane in its atmosphere. The smell of sulfur is associated with volcanic activity on terrestrial planets like Earth or Jupiter's moon Io, but not on Neptune.
No. The moon is atmosphere-less, and the rocks there would not smell. But when moon rocks and soil are taken into a normal air environment, they do emit an odor that the astronauts likened to wet ashes or burnt fireworks.
I'm not so sure but I think has to do with the phases of the moon.
On a night when there is no moon at all, place a tray of fresh (must be very fresh) donuts with a pitcher of cold milk on the roof. They can smell fresh donuts like a shark can smell blood in the water.
They stay awake throughout the night once in a blue moon. If you whistle a tune then they will come to you. I must warn you that they are carnivorous and unless you smell really bad then the blue monkey will attack you. And you have to smell REALLY bad