Question

why is the moon white

Answer 1

it is made of white cheese ?

Answer 2

Rocky Moon Well, it's more gray-ish. The only reason it appears white to us on Earth is because when the sun is behind us, the reflection from the sun lights the moon up.

Answer 3

ummm actually its grey

Answer 4

That gray color you see comes from the surface of the Moon which is mostly oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, calcium and aluminum.

Answer 5

its just dead matter

Answer 6

what?^^

Answer 7

ok,jw

Answer 8

The right question is why things have color.

Answer 9

lol,ikr

Answer 10

to do wid self-lunimous or fake luminous something humm..

Answer 11

How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real

Answer 12

its the way light reflects off of everything

Answer 13

weird question lol

Answer 14

wtf is wrong with you eyes are real

Answer 15

who says our eyes aren't real

Answer 16

Nobody gets the reference :(

Answer 17

cuz its not red , green or watever :P

Answer 18

lol why earth is blue

Answer 19

we're developing an interesting theory it seems ;)

Answer 20

cuss of water

Answer 21

water are colorless if i remember humm

Answer 22

right tight

Answer 23

we need feyman :P

Answer 24

who?

Answer 25

this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMFPe-DwULM

Answer 26

The moon actually has a dark grey color, but the materials on its surface have luster thus making the moon appear "white"

Answer 27

i think earth is blue cuz of O3 in sky which give a blue reflection on water then water reflect sun ray , how ever the moon is white or gray i think cuz of metal reflection or atleats thats wat i cud think of :|

Answer 28

Or it just reflects the blue sky.

Answer 29

Rayleigh Scattering.

Answer 30

No, the Earth is blue, because that particular color is reflected when gaseous molecules in the atmosphere interacts with photons from the sun through a process called COMPTON SCATTERING. A quantum mechanical phenomenon.

Answer 31

u said quantum physics ? lol everybody ran -_-

Answer 32

Including the great ganeshie. :P

Answer 33

lol yes :( idk much about quantum physics lets call @Kainui :)

Answer 34

Yeah, he seems to know more.

Answer 35

@ganeshie8 you have reached pretty far even if you know about subshells, orbitals and
quantum numbers!

Answer 36

yes those all i knw but its dangerous to belive in them yet.
i wanted to understand shrodinger wave equaiton first
for that i need to learn probability... the list goes on :'(