Myth: The Moon is very close to the Earth
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Reality: The moon sometimes looks so close you could reach up and grab it. In reality, the moon orbits at a distance of about 239,000 miles from Earth. If you could somehow hop in a Boeing 747 and cruise to the moon at full speed, the journey would take about 17 days.