Where results make sense

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us

Topic: Near side of the Moon

    Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

Far side (Moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Because the far side of the Moon is shielded from radio transmissions from the Earth, it is considered a good location for placing radio telescopes for use by astronomers. One of the NASA missions to the Moon under study would send a sample-return lander to the South Pole-Aitken basin, the location of a major impact event that created a formation nearly 2,400 kilometers across. The far side was sometimes referred to as the "Dark Side", due to the lack of human knowledge concerning that hemisphere. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Far_side_(Moon)   (1138 words)

Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The side of the Moon that faces Earth is called the near side, and the opposite side is called the far side. 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. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moon   (5909 words)

Moon - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Moon The far side of the Moon photographed from the Apollo 13 spacecraft in 1970. 70% of the far side of the Moon was photographed from the Soviet Lunik 3 in October 1959. The Moon is illuminated by sunlight, and goes through a cycle of phases of shadow, waxing from new (dark) via first quarter (half Moon) to full, and waning back again to new every 29.53 days (the synodic month, also known as a lunation). encyclopedia.farlex.com /Moon   (1011 words)

The Moon - Zoom Astronomy Also, from any spot on the moon (except on the far side of the moon where you cannot see the Earth), the Earth would always be in the same place in the sky; the phase of the Earth changes and the Earth rotates, displaying various continents. The far side of the moon was first observed by humans in 1959 when the unmanned Soviet Luna 3 mission orbited the moon and photographed it. On the moon, the sky is always appears dark, even on the bright side (because there is no atmosphere). www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/astronomy/moon/index.shtml   (1475 words)

The Moon The Moon's gravitational attraction is stronger on the side of the Earth nearest to the Moon and weaker on the opposite side. Actually, the Moon appears to wobble a bit (due to its slightly non-circular orbit) so that a few degrees of the far side can be seen from time to time, but the majority of the far side (left) was completely unknown until the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 photographed it in 1959. The Moon's crust averages 68 km thick and varies from essentially 0 under Mare Crisium to 107 km north of the crater Korolev on the lunar far side. www.seds.org /nineplanets/nineplanets/luna.html   (1695 words)

Caption for Moon--- Far Side Image The dark spots in the center are Mare Orientale, on the western limb of the near side of the moon, a region barely visible from the Earth. This region and the bright far side highlands on the left have not been seen previously by a camera system such as the one on the Galileo spacecraft, which provides multispectral images of the lunar limb and far side which have not previously been obtained. This image of the moon was obtained by the Galileo Solid State imaging system on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. www2.jpl.nasa.gov /galileo/images/far.html   (169 words)

The Far Side of the Moon The dark side of the moon is actually a correct term for the far side of the moon. dracula, the term "dark side of the moon" is often misused. "dracula, the term "dark side of the moon" is often misused. digg.com /science/The_Far_Side_of_the_Moon   (973 words)

The Full Moon Atlas Often referred to incorrectly as the "dark side" of the Moon — actually, at least half of the Moon is receiving sunlight at all times — humans did not get their first look at the Lunar far side until the Soviet Union's Luna 3 sent back a crude photograph in October 1959. This general map closely approximates Rükl's Atlas Of The Moon, p. Please note that the geographic directions east and west are reversed on the far side. www.lunarrepublic.com /atlas/sections/farside.shtml   (233 words)

Surface Properties of the Moon The bulk density of the Moon is 3.4 g/cc, which is comparable to that of (volcanic) basaltic lavas on the Earth (however, the bulk density of the Earth is 5.5 g/cc, because of the dense iron/nickel core). The surface of the Moon has two hemispheres with rather asymmetric properties; as a consequence the nature of the Lunar surface that we can see from the Earth is substantially different from the surface that is always hidden from the Earth. In particular, there are almost no Maria on the far side, as illustrated in the image shown to the left of a portion of the far side surface. csep10.phys.utk.edu /astr161/lect/moon/moon_surface.html   (1083 words)

BBC ON THIS DAY 26 1959: World glimpses far side of the Moon The far side of the moon, never seen from the Earth as it is always facing away, appears to have many fewer landmarks than the visible side. The chairman of the Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences, Professor Alexander Mikhailov, told Moscow Radio that the relative monotony of the far side of the moon is "an exciting problem". Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to achieve a controlled landing on the Moon's surface in 1966; Luna 10 was the first to orbit the Moon, while Luna 16 was the first unmanned mission to bring back samples from the Moon's surface. news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/26/newsid_4045000/4045913.stm   (596 words)

RADIO OBSERVATIONS FROM THE LUNAR FAR SIDE Also, a precursor orbiter mission to verify the shielding effect of the Moon should keep in mind that attenuation of the terrestrial interference on the far side is likely 1~2 orders of magnitude better on the surface than in orbit. Side note: In parallel to this particular study, we are also using the same simulation code to assess how the site selection and observation are affected by the Lunar ionosphere and the surface (its electrical properties and subsurface structures), respectively. To produce the plane wave, the top side of the grid space was excited by superposing a sinusoidally-varying field on this line of grid points throughout the period of simulation. www.astro.gla.ac.uk /users/yuki/LunarFarsideRadio   (2104 words)

Far Side of the Moon (2005) - MovieWeb In the 1960s, a Soviet lunar probe exposed the far side of the moon (which can never be seen from Earth) as scored and disfigured by storms of celestial debris. Far Side of the Moon (2005) - MovieWeb Before Galileo, it was believed that the moon was a polished mirror, its surface a reflection of the globe. www.movieweb.com /movies/film.php?3473   (151 words)

Answer to Far Side of The Moon We see this effect on the water, causing a high tide on the side both facing the moon, and facing away from the moon as the Earth tries to morph into a eggish stretched sphere. The Earth doesn't experience the same effect with the moon because of its disproportionally larger mass. As the moon orbits the Earth, its gravitational pull attempts to "stretch" the Earth. www.greylabyrinth.com /puzzles/answer.php?puzzle_id=puzzle037   (274 words)

NASA's Solar System Exploration: Multimedia: Gallery: First Image of the Far Side of the Moon Taken by the wide-angle lens, it showed the far side of the Moon was very different from the near side, most noticeably in its lack of lunar maria (the dark areas). The first image was taken at 03:30 UT on 7 October at a distance of 63,500 km after Luna 3 had passed the Moon and looked back at the sunlit far side. NASA's Solar System Exploration: Multimedia: Gallery: First Image of the Far Side of the Moon solarsystem.nasa.gov /multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1963   (231 words)

village voice > film > Far Side of the Moon by Mark Peranson Far Side of the Moon is likewise set in his hometown of Quebec City, but rather than piling on the Hitchcock references, Lepage offers a sly, semi-autobiographical lesson in the motion of bodies, on and above the Earth. Far Side of the Moon is also the first time filmmaker Lepage has directed the actor Lepage, and here he even stars as brothers. As lousy academic-slash-telemarketer Philippe, the portly director is a sad sack extraordinaire, barely coping with his beloved mother's recent death and the obliviousness of the scientific community to his Tsiolkovsky-influenced theories about the ego-driven nature of the space race. www.villagevoice.com /film/0548,peranson,70469,20.html   (274 words)

Far Side of The Moon No matter what phase the moon is in, or where on Earth you stand, you never see the surface of the far side (the side showing in the image to the right). Now it certainly isn't the case that the same side of the Earth always faces the moon, or that the same side of the Earth always faces the sun. This would seem to suggest that the Moon rotates about its own axis with a timing just coinciding with its trip about the Earth, allowing one face to always be directed toward us. www.greylabyrinth.com /puzzles/puzzle.php?puzzle_id=puzzle037   (132 words)

filmjourney.org : The Far Side of the Moon The Far Side of the Moon, more literally and thematically translated as The Hidden Face of the Moon, is based on a theatrical one-man show Lepage wrote and performed for three years on the international stage. Modern satellites, however, revealed the moon to be a spherical rock with a side facing perpetually away from the earth, and the first images of our planet rising from the lunar horizon astounded viewers. This is a shame because the SF thriller Possible Worlds (2000) and the dreamlike drama The Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) (2003) are beautifully-constructed meditations on the modern world and humanity's place in it. filmjourney.weblogger.com /2004/08/30   (772 words)

"Man on Moon Face" Caused by Impact on Moon's Far Side The "man in the moon" is a collection of dark plains on the Earth-facing side of the moon, where magma from the moon's mantle once flowed out onto the surface and flooded lunar craters. On the far side of the moon, the crust looks as though it was depressed and then recoiled from a giant impact, he said. Their study suggests that a large object hit the far side of the moon and sent a shock wave through the moon's core and all the way to the Earth-facing side. technocrat.net /d/2006/2/10/429?via=rss   (1324 words)

ch2 An oblique view of an area near the center of the far side taken with the Apollo 16 mapping camera from orbit at an altitude of 166 km. Some early astronomers, however, correctly predicted that the Moon's far side would have far fewer maria than the near side and that it would be dominated by craters. In the foreground is densely cratered terra or highland terrain typical of the far side. www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-362/ch2.htm   (4287 words)

Far Side of the Moon (2005) Far Side of the Moon (La Face Cachee de la Lune) began life as a one-man show for its creator, the Quebecois actor, writer, and director Robert Lepage. Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon coincided with the discovery of a brain tumor that put pressure on Philippe's optic nerve. But in this gorgeous, high-definition DV drama, its stage roots are obscured by arresting images in this tale of outer space, sibling rivalry, and one man's struggle to find his destiny. www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=141424&buy=open&Tab=reviews&CID=13   (695 words)

The flight of Luna 3 The 29 exposures of the moon's far side were taken at 0330-0410 UT on 7 October 1959 when the probe was 65567-68785 km from the moon's centre (7). The Soviets announced that pictures of the far side of the moon were taken between 0330 and 0410 UT on 7 October 1959. The pictures of the moon's far side were distributed by tele-photo from Moscow late on Monday (UT) 26 October 1959 and created another space age media frenzy. www.svengrahn.pp.se /trackind/luna3/Luna3story.html   (3973 words)

The Far Side of the Moon It was Mare Orientale, the Eastern Sea, on the Moon's far side. At 59x, the seeing was visibly poor -- the Moon's limb rippled and shook like a flag in the breeze. Beyond the Cordillera I found the lower Montes Rook, with perhaps a hint of Lacus Veris at their base, and still farther off, crossing the limb, lay a larger dark patch, well seen and unmistakable. obs.nineplanets.org /psc/or/j37.html   (309 words)

APOD: October 8, 1998 - Far Side of the Moon This sharp picture from Apollo 16's mapping camera shows the eastern edge of the familiar near side (left) and the strange and heavily cratered far side Surprisingly, the rough and battered surface of the far side looks very different from the near side which is covered with the Moon always presents its well-known near side to Earth. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap981008.html   (120 words)

Why can't you see the dark side of the Moon? Then in 1968 on Christmas eve, three men, Borman, Lovell, and Anders saw the far side of the moon with their own eyes as their Apollo 8 spacecraft orbited the Moon. The Moon now rotates once as it orbits the Earth, so that the same side (the same half of a sphere) always faces the Earth. From Earth, you can only see one side of the Moon. www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/kids_space/darkside.html&edu=mid   (224 words)

THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON A favorable libration brought Mare Orientale, normally on the "far" side of the moon and invisible to earth, into view on June 20, 1997, and I got my first look at it from my driveway in Los Altos, CA, with the 6" Cave. Rukl is somewhat difficult to read for "far side" features, but I might guess that the crater to the southwest of Grimaldi and inside the concentric rings of mountains may have been Kopff; the one to the northwest could have been Schluter. My Jupiter java applet (http://www.best.com/~akkana/jupiter.html) revealed that (1) the two moons involved were Europa and Ganymede, and (2) the Date class time zone bug is biting me, now, too (the applet showed the occultation as taking place at 2:30 PDT instead of at 1:30 when it actually occurred). observers.org /reports/97.06.19.html   (412 words)

Far side of the Moon A better term might be "far side of the Moon."The orbit of the Moon is such that one rotation is just about as long as one revolution in its orbit around the Earth. The term "dark side of the Moon" is really a misnomer, because the side that we are familiar with is dark just as frequently. During a "new moon", the moon is between the Earth and the Sun, and so the side we know is totally dark. imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/ask_astro/answers/980309b.html   (242 words)

Far Side of the Moon (2005): Reviews Lepage's play of the same title, Far Side of the Moon carries traces of the theater both in some of the dialogue and in its schematic construction. Childhood memories and the race to the moon by two rival nations are recurring themes in this feature film exploring reconciliation and the fundamental question of whether we're alone in the universe. Lepage maintains a leisurely pace and lets the narrative wander, but ultimately lands on the right side of the line between contemplative noodling and aimless navel-gazing, ending with an image that's simultaneously melancholy and playful. www.metacritic.com /video/titles/farsideofthemoon   (508 words)

Far Side of the Moon It shows a portion of the Moon's heavily cratered far side. The rugged terrain seen here is typical of the farside of the Moon. The large crater is approximately 80 km (50 miles) in diameter. www.solarviews.com /cap/moon/farside.htm   (57 words)

A Review of The Far Side of the Moon Far Side of the Moon is quite intricate in its interweaving themes: space, loneliness, success, failure, ambition, memories, and dreams. The Far Side of the Moon portrays two brothers during the space race between the Americans and the Soviets. Philippe, the elder brother, has written a thesis about building a huge tower on the dark side of the moon, and also decides to enter a home movie contest sponsored by SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) in which the winning entry will be sent into space. www.lifeformz.com /writings/farside_review2001.html   (667 words)

the far side of the moon program notes In the far side of the moon we were sitting around the table, having this very intense discussion about what the show is about. [The sliding doors in the far side of the moon] came about because I was torn between two ideas - a show about space and the moon and Buzz Aldrin, but also my mother had just died and I wanted to talk about that too. Still, even though the moon has lost a lot of its mystery, it has lost none of its poetic force. www.amrep.org /articles/3_2a/farsidenotes.html   (1295 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us   Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.