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Colorful side of the moon

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

This colorful topographical map of the Moon is centered on the lunar farside, the side not seen from planet Earth. That view is available to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter though, as the spacecraft’s wide angle camera images almost the entire lunar surface every month. Stereo overlap of the imaging has allowed the computation of [...]

Lunar farside. Colors based on surface elevation.
Lunar farside. Colors based on surface elevation. Credit NASA / GSFC / DLR / Arizona State Univ. / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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Earth’s moon

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

The Moon (Latin: Luna) is Earth’s only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The common centre of mass of the system (the barycentre) is located about 1,700 km—a quarter [...]

This artist's rendering represents a concept of the Orion crew exploration vehicle docked to a lunar lander in lunar orbit.
This artist's rendering represents a concept of the Orion crew exploration vehicle docked to a lunar lander in lunar orbit. Credit Lockheed Martin Corp.
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