Moon - The two sides - Article Index

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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