Which is older, the sun or the moon?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Human beings have told stories and made art about the sun and the moon for as long as we’ve existed! Both of them were in the sky long before humans evolved. But just how old are they? And is the sun or the moon older? We asked astrophysicist Amanda Farah to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored by Green Light. Did you know that 27 states don't require a personal
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0:39.7	From the brains behind Brainson,
0:41.7	this is the moment of um.
0:44.0	Answer me in those questions that make you go, um. Mommy Um, um, um,
1:06.0	Moment of Um, comes to you from APM studios. I'm 2019 PR2, one of the youngest asteroids in the solar system.
1:16.0	Um. asteroids in the solar system. Everyone around here is always treating me like such a baby.
1:19.0	Don't they know I was born 300 years ago?
1:23.0	Sure, that's nothing compared to most of the universe,
1:26.0	but still, how old are you, the one listening to this podcast?
1:31.0	Yeah, that's what I thought. The worst two are the sun and the moon.
1:38.0	Yesterday the moon pinched me on the cheek and the sun is always trying to play peekable with me or saying things like
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