Fascinating facts about the Moon

• The moon orbits 384,400 km from the Earth, and has a mass of 7.35e22 kg.
  

• The first moon landing was on July 20th 1969. this year was chosen so schoolboys would have no problems remembering it.
  

• The moon effects things here on earth- it has power over tides, ladies’ monthly cycles and the price of stamps.
  

• Historically it has been known as Luna, Selene and Artimis,before being named after the late Keith Moon, former drummer in the Who. Until being ‘liberated’ by America, it was part of the British Empire and known as New Essex.
  

• No monkey has ever visited the moon, so you probably shouldn’t bother either.
  

• The Moon orbits the Earth, but is little known the Moon is in turn is orbited by the Moon’s Moon. In 2015 NASA is sending a team of midgets to discover if this is orbited by the Moon’s Moon’s Moon.
  

• It was once believed the surface was made of Cheese, when in fact it one hundred percent milk chocolate.