• Question: what is the moon made out of

    Asked by malkiepop to Reka, Pip on 4 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Reka Nagy

      Reka Nagy answered on 4 Nov 2016:

      Cartoons would have you believe it is made out of cheese! Much to my disappointment (I love cheese!), it is actually a rock. Specifically, it is likely that it is made out of a piece of the Earth, when this piece broke off due to an asteroid impacting Earth around 4.5 billion years ago.

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