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Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia - Moon
The Moon as seen from Earth Ammonia Carbon dioxide The Moon is the planet Earth's only natural satellite. It has no formal name other tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Earth & Moon
Moon - Tidal Effects. The tides on Earth are generated by the Moon's gravitation (see tide and tidal force for a more detailed discussi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Earth & Moon
The tides on Earth are generated by the Moon's gravitation (see tide and tidal force for a more detailed discussion). There are two tidal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Orbit
The Moon makes a complete orbit about the Earth approximately once every 28 days. Each hour the Moon moves relative to the stars by an am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Orbit
The Moon makes a complete orbit about once every 28 days. Each hour the Moon moves relative to the stars by an amount roughly equal to it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Physical Characteristics
Moon - Composition. More than 4.5 billion years ago, the surface of the Moon was a liquid magma ocean. Scientists think that one compon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Origin And History
The inclination of the Moon's orbit makes it implausible that the Moon formed along with the Earth or was captured later; its origin is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Eclipses
The angular diameters of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth overlap in their variation, so that both total and annular solar eclipse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Observation Of The Moon
During the brightest full moons, the Moon can have an apparent magnitude of about −12.6. For comparison, the Sun has an apparent magnit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Legal Status
Though several flags of the Soviet Union and the United States have been symbolically planted on the moon, the Russian and U.S. governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Human Understanding Of The Moon
Moon - Myth and folk culture. Main article: Moon (mythology) Moon - The Moon as muse. Main article: Moon in art and literature Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Exploration Of The Moon
The first leap in Lunar observation was caused by the invention of the telescope. Especially Galileo Galilei made good use of this new in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Occultation Of Stars
During the year, the Moon occults - or passes over and hides for a period of time - stars and planets. Because the Moon is close to Earth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - The Two Sides Of The Moon
The far side is sometimes called the "dark side". In this case "dark" means "unknown and hidden" and not "lacking light" as implied by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Observation Of The Moon
During the brightest full moons, the Moon can have an apparent magnitude of about −12.6. For comparison, the Sun has an apparent magnit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Occultation Of Stars
During the year, the moon occults sometimes stars and planets. Because the moon is close to the earth, occultations of stars are not vis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Eclipses
The angular diameters of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth overlap in their variation, so that both total and annular solar eclipse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Physical Characteristics
Moon - Composition. More than 4.5 billion years ago, the surface of the Moon was a liquid magma ocean. Scientists think that one compon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Exploration Of The Moon
The first leap in Lunar observation was caused by the invention of the telescope. Especially Galileo Galilei made good use of this new in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Human Understanding Of The Moon
Moon - Myth and folk culture. Moon - The Moon as muse. The Moon has been the subject of many works of art and literature and the insp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - The Two Sides
The far side is sometimes called the "dark side". In this case "dark" means "unknown and hidden" and not "lacking light" as implied by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Legal Status
Though several flags of the Soviet Union and the United States have been symbolically planted on the moon, the Russian and U.S. governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moon: Encyclopedia Ii - Moon - Origin And History
The inclination of the Moon's orbit makes it implausible that the Moon formed along with the Earth or was captured later; its origin is t...   » Read the article