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Top 10 Cool Moon Facts


posted: 30 June 2005
06:41 am

NUMBER 5
Egghead

The Moon is not round (or spherical). Instead, it's shaped like an egg. If you go outside and look up, one of the small ends is pointing right at you. And the Moon's center of mass is not at the geometric center of the satellite; it's about 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) off-center.

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