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OCR: STRUC TU Crust: 50-100 km thick Upper Mantle: 650 km thick Lower Mantle 500 km thick Core radius 500 km Composition The Moon, whose diameter is 3,476 km has crust, mantle, and possibly metallic core The crust extends to depth of about 50 km on the front side of the Moon and 100 km on the far side. The crust has two and sometimes three sublayers: the maria where applicable (up to 5 km deep) 5 layer of rock fragmented by repeated impacts (up to 25 km deep and layer of unfractured rock (below 25 km) .Below the crust lies the mantle. The upper mantle solid, while the lower mantle partially molten. Moonquakes occur near the base of the upper mantle. The mantle S composed of minerals such as pyroxene and olivine as well as iron and magnesium. It is possible that the molten lower mantle extends a ...