Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon

Like some small children, the moon has fascinated many since the beginning of the universe. Scientific research of the moon took many years, up until the 1960s. Some will remember the book from when they were children, “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown. It is a story about a small bunny telling familiar things in his great green room. goodnight. We all associate the moon with night, but have you ever asked yourself how the moon formed? What is on the surface of the moon? How big is the moon really? Nowadays there are two different theories on how the moon formed, also some characteristics of the moon that have led the scientist to be more curious about them, and some interesting facts. The moon is the most visible object at night.

There are two different theories that everyone says about how the moon was formed; the first theory is that scientists believe that the formation of the moon may have started when Earth was hit by
Just by looking up at the night sky you can see the moon has “darker and lighter patches” all over the surface (Duncan 89). Many generations used to think the dark spots were oceans. Those dark spots are called “maria” (Duncan 89). These spots are smooth, made of basalt from lava (Duncan 89). Billions of years ago when the meteor hit the moon, it “exposed molten rock beneath the crust”. Then lava would have flowed out, making the craters we see today (Duncan 89). Interesting fact: one of the most famous of the Maria’s was the “SEAT OF TRANKQUILLITY,” the first moon landing was in this crater (Duncan 90). The Maria is surrounded by highland areas, these areas are marked by a “history of impacts by comets and meteors,” and the highland areas are covered in regolith,” which is a “very fine rock and dust coating” (Duncan 90). These fine dust particles are the outcome of “meteors breaking apart” when striking the surface of the