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  Moon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The gravitational attraction that the Moon exerts on Earth is the cause of tides in the sea.
The points where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic are called the "lunar nodes": the North (or ascending) node is where the Moon crosses to the North of the ecliptic; the South (or descending) node where it crosses to the South.
The Moon - by Rosanna and Calvin Hamilton
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 Moon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The gravitional that the Moon exerts on Earth is cause of tides in the sea.
The points where the Moon's orbit the ecliptic are called the " lunar nodes ": the North (or ascending) node is the Moon crosses to the North of ecliptic; the South (or descending) node it crosses to the South.
The Moon - by Rosanna and Calvin Hamilton (http://www.solarviews.com/eng/moon.htm)
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 The Moon: K-12 Experiments & Background
The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles).
While some of the Moon's magnetism is thought to be intrinsic (such as a strip of the lunar crust called the Rima Sirsalis), collision with other celestial bodies might have imparted some of the Moon's magnetic properties.
The first man-made object to reach the Moon was the unmanned Soviet probe Luna 2, which made a hard landing on September 14, 1959, at 21:02:24 Z. The far side of the Moon was first photographed on October 7, 1959 by the Soviet probe Luna 3.
www.juliantrubin.com /encyclopedia/astronomy/moon.html   (5959 words)

  
 ooBdoo
Early speculation proposed that the Moon broke off from the Earth's crust due to centrifugal force, leaving an ocean basin (presumed to be the Pacific Ocean) behind as a scar.
The overall composition of the Moon is believed to be similar to that of the upper parts of the Earth other than a depletion of volatile elements and of iron.
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 List of valleys on the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Moon's surface is covered in many interesting features.
Among these are several large valleys that have been given names.
Most of these valleys are named after a nearby crater; see the list of craters on the Moon for more information.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_valleys_on_the_Moon   (92 words)

  
 Prospecting for Lunar Water
April 28, 2005: The next time you look at the Moon, pause for a moment and let this thought sink in: People have actually walked on the Moon, and right now the wheels are in motion to send people there again.
The Moon, so nearby and accessible, is a great place to try out new technologies critical to living on alien worlds before venturing across the solar system.
The Moon is constantly bombarded by cosmic rays, which produce neutrons when they hit the ground.
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 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Moon
It has no formal English name other than "the Moon", although it is occasionally called Luna (Latin: moon), or Selene (Greek: moon), to distinguish it from the generic term "moon"?title=(referring to any of the various natural satellites of other planets).
Due to the very slight "tilt"?title=of the Moon's axis, only 1.5°, some of these deep craters never receive any light from the Sun — they are permanently shadowed.
The first time an "Earth-rise"?title=was seen from the moon.
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 List of craters on the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of craters on the Moon.
The crater nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union, and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that body.
The lunar craters are listed in the following subsections.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_craters_on_the_Moon   (301 words)

  
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Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis, The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 2004, Purchase from Amazon: ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
Patrick Moore, On the Moon, Sterling Publishing Co., 2001 edition, Purchase from Amazon: ISBN 0-304-35469-4.
Paul D. Spudis, The Once and Future Moon, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996, Purchase from Amazon: ISBN 1-56098-634-4.
www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=Moon   (5262 words)

  
 Quia - Earth Science : 4 Earth and Its Moon
Name the broad, smooth plains of the moon.
along valley that criss-crosses the surface of the moon
When the moon is at its first and last quarter the gravitaional pull on the ocean is less cause of the sun's pull
www.quia.com /jg/358075list.html   (487 words)

  
 Astrogeology Research Program : Body Search Results
Choose a feature type below to view the all the features on Moon of that type.
Lunar Map: Interactive map of the Moon with a variety of information available for viewing, such as nomenclature and geology, on the PIGWAD web site.
List of lettered lunar craters: from NASA RP 1097, the NASA catalogue of lunar nomenclature (originally published 1982)
planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov /moon/moonvall.html   (148 words)

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