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Here are some of the features you might spot while studying the Moon…
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Flammarion is an inconspicuous walled plain near the centre of the Moon’s disc. On the Earth-facing side of the lunar surface, there are two great crater ‘chains’ containing three large craters. On th
BEST TIME TO SEE: Nights of 9/10, 10/11 and 11/12 July A full Moon occurs when the Moon is opposite the Sun in the sky or, in other words, when its ecliptic longitude is 180° from the Sun. The eclipti
The Moon has a diameter of around a quarter that of Earth and travels around our planet in a circular orbit roughly every 27 days. But Earth also possesses a number of tiny co-orbital bodies – objects
The lunar beads are volcanic in origin When ...