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NSSDC Lunar & Planetary Science: Moon Page ... The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed testing and calibration and entered its nominal circular polar lunar mapping orbit 50 km above the Moon's surface.
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nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/moonpage.html
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Moon/Earth Comparison ... Moon Semimajor axis (106 km) 0.3844 Perigee (106 km)* 0.3633 Apogee (106 km)* 0.4055 Revolution period (days) 27.3217 Synodic period (days) 29.53 Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 1.023 Max. orbital velocity (km/s) 1.076 Min.
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nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/moonfact.html
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A photographic map of the equatorial region with pan and zoom capability, showing locations of the Apollo landing ... Loading Moon Maps.. ... About Google Moon;
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moon.google.com/
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Moon Phases is written using Java. You must have a Java enabled browser such as Netscape Navigator to be able to see this applet. ... In this program, I use a number that corresponds to the Moon phase: ... 0.00 Full Moon...
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www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html
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Two PSI senior scientists, Dr. William K. Hartmann and Dr. Donald R. Davis, were the first to suggest the leading modern hypothesis of the moon's origin, in a paper published in 1975 in the journal Icarus.
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www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html
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You can view the phase of the Moon for any date and time [1800-2199 A.D]. ... These lunar phase images were created by R. Schmidt from ray-traced images of the Moon. A Clementine spacecraft mosaic of the lunar surface was mapped onto a sphere, and scenes were rendered as a virtual Sun "orbited" the Moon.
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The Earth may only have one Moon, but it's a big one! The Earth's Moon is the fifth largest in the whole solar system. But it is still smaller than the Earth, so objects weigh less on the Moon than they do here. That's why the astronauts could enjoy bouncing around on the lunar surface.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/moons_and_rings.h...
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Calculate Moon rise, set and lunar eclipse times for your location. Also see ocean tide times, folklore, and zodiac information, all from The Old Farmer's Almanac. ... About the Moon...
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www.almanac.com/astronomy/moon/index.php
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Allows users to view the earth and moon from many vantage points and in multiple way ... Viewing the Moon ... You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by...
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www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
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