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Why is the Earth Less Cratered than the Moon?

Even though the Earth and the Moon have been bombarded by the same flux of impacting objects, the evidence…

Yes, two moons orbiting a planet can eclipse one another, but I think it would be difficult for the…

The occultation video you point to looks completely normal, showing only a zoomed-in portion of the disk of the…

Technically, the point at which the Moon is “full” lasts only an instant. To the naked eye, though, the…

I can’t think of a way to measure the lunar nodal positions with a sundial. The Moon’s nodal points…

The orientation of the illuminated portion of the Moon when it is at third quarter depends upon where on…

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