• Question: what is the moon made out of?

    Asked by guineapigs&me to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 23 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by shanboo143.
    • Photo: Iain Bethune

      Iain Bethune answered on 23 Jun 2015:

      The moon is not made of cheese, but of fairly similar minerals to the Earth. There is an iron core, surrounded by olivine and pyroxene (which are solid, unlike the earth’s liquid mantle).

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