Imagine you have a big, round rock in the sky, that’s the moon. Some people thought it was made of cheese because it looked so smooth and white. But we’ve sent robots to visit the moon, and they took rocks back with them. Those rocks didn’t taste like cheese at all! Scientists studied those rocks and found out the moon is mostly made of rock, not cheese.
How We Know
We also use telescopes on Earth and in space to look very closely at the moon. These tools let scientists see what the moon is made of, just like a detective solving a mystery.
Examples
- A child tasting a piece of cheese and thinking it’s what the moon is made of.
- A robot on the moon taking a rock sample back to Earth.
- Looking at the moon through a telescope and seeing craters, not cheese.
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See also
- How Does a Solar Eclipse Happen?
- How Did the Moon Affect the First Human Steps on Mars?
- What Causes a ‘Lunar’ Eclipse and How Is It Seen?
- What Causes a Solar Eclipse and How Is It Different from a Lunar One?
- What Causes a ‘Solar Eclipse’ and How Is It Different from a ‘Lunar Eclipse’?
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