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The Moon
The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite—a rocky, cratered body about one‑quarter the diameter of Earth, orbiting at an average distance of approximately 384,400 km. It influences tides, stabilizes Earth’s axial tilt, and was formed about 4.5 billion years ago following a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "The Moon"
Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater
24/06/2012
Jupiter's Rings Revealed
17/06/2012
M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
14/06/2012
Live: Watching for Venus to Cross the Sun
05/06/2012
Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
30/05/2012
Contemplating the Sun
28/05/2012
A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas
22/05/2012
A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay
20/05/2012
Annular Solar Eclipse
19/05/2012
Sun vs. Super Moon
11/05/2012
Supermoon Over Paris
07/05/2012
Full Moonrise
05/05/2012
Saturn's Moon Helene in Color
02/05/2012
Morning, Moon, and Mercury
26/04/2012
Geostationary Satellites Beyond the Alps
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11/04/2012
The Grand Canyon in Moonlight
30/03/2012
Earthshine and Venus Over Sierra de Guadarrama
28/03/2012
The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms
24/03/2012
Evolution of the Moon
Video
20/03/2012
Lick Observatory Moonrise
10/03/2012
At the West Wall of Aristarchus Crater
17/02/2012
A February Moon's Halo
11/02/2012
Lunation
05/02/2012
Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon
13/01/2012
Spot the Moon
02/01/2012
Eclipsed Moon in the Morning
24/12/2011
Red Moon Rising
16/12/2011
The Umbra of Earth
15/12/2011
A Lunar Eclipse Over an Indian Peace Pagoda
14/12/2011
Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica
11/12/2011