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Answered Feb 07, 2019
The moon is a satellite on earth. The mass of the moon is 7.347 x 1022kg. The mass of the moon is only equivalent to 1.2 percent the mass of the Earth. However the moon appears large because it's closet celestial body to the Earth.
The Earth's moon is the 5th largest moon in the solar system. The Earth weighs 81 times more than moon. The density of the moon is 3.34 grams per cubic centimeter which is equivalent to 60 percent of the earth. Its gravitational force is about 16.6 percent of Earth’s gravity. The moon’s mean radius is 1,079.6 miles (1,737.5 kilometers).
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