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\<COLOUR 1> BODY: \<COLOUR 0> Moon
\<COLOUR 1> EQUATORIAL DIAMETER: \<COLOUR 0> 3,476 km
\<COLOUR 1> AV DISTANCE FROM EARTH: \<COLOUR 0> 384,000 km
\<COLOUR 1> ORBITS EARTH IN: \<COLOUR 0> 27 days 8 hr
\<COLOUR 1> SPINS ROUND IN: \<COLOUR 0> 27 days 8 hr
\<COLOUR 1> MASS (EARTH=1): \<COLOUR 0> 1/81
\<COLOUR 1> DENSITY (WATER=1): \<COLOUR 0> 3.3
\<COLOUR 1> TEMPERATURE: \<COLOUR 0> High 120 degrees C, low -160oC
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Earth's neighbour in space, first struck by a man-made object (Luna 2) in 1959; the first extraterrestrial world trodden on by humans (Apollo 11) in 1969.