This is an picture of the Lunar Prospector spacecraft, which was used to
determine the size of the Moon's core.
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Image courtesy of NASA
Earth's Moon--A Chip Off The Old Block?
News story originally written on March 19, 1999
Scientists used the
Lunar
Prospector spacecraft to find out that the
Moon has a small core. The
Moon's core is a lot smaller than
the
Earths' core.
This helps scientists prove that the Moon
formed from the Earth.
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