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Mons Pico
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Mons Pico is a solitary lunar mountain that lies in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium basin, and to the south of the dark-floored crater Plato. This peak forms part of the surviving inner ring of the Imbrium basin. A smaller peak to the south of Mons Pico is designated Pico . This region of the mare is...
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Mare Vaporum
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Lunar terminator 15_01_2012 06_08_07. The Lunar terminator at Mare Vaporum captured with a 100mm refractor and Vista pro webcam. Light Yellow filter + IR-cut filter Mare Vaporum (the "sea of vapours") is a lunar mare located b...
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Montes Apenninus
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Montes Apenninus 15_01_2012 06_03_45. The moon captured with a 100mm refractor and Vista pro webcam. Light Yellow filter + IR-cut filter Montes Apenninus are a rugged mountain range on the northern part of the Moon's near side. They are na...
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Mare Imbrium
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Mare Imbrium captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. Light yellow filter + IR-cut filter Observing conditions: Good but Moon halo Mare Imbrium, Latin for "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", is a vast lun...
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Crater Endymion
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Crater Endymion (center) captured with a 4" refractor and Vesta pro webcam (B/W mode). 2X Barlow lens. Light yellow filter and IR-cut filter Endymion is a lunar crater that lies near the northeast limb of the Moon. It is located to the e...
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Crater Hercules
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Crater Hercules (top) captured with a 4" refractor and Vesta pro webcam. 2X Barlow lens. Light yellow filter and IR-cut filter
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Crater Proclus
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The bright crater Proclus captured with a 4" refractor and Vesta pro webcam. 2X Barlow lens. Light yellow filter and IR-cut filter. The crater is named after the Greek philosopher Proclus Lycaeus (February 8, 412 - April 17, 485)
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Taurus Highlands Imbrium ejecta?
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Title: The Sculptured Hills of the Taurus Highlands: Implications for the relative age of Serenitatis, basin chronologies and the cratering history of the Moon Authors: Paul D. Spudis, Don E. Wilhelms and Mark S. Robinson New images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera show the distribu...
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Moon rocks
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The elaborate mission to recover a moon rock led NASA agents to one of the most down-to-earth places: a Denny's restaurant in Riverside County. But at the end of the sting operation, agents were left holding a speck of lunar dust smaller than a grain of rice and a 74-year-old suspect who was terrified b...
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Lunar Topographic Map
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LRO Camera Team Releases High Resolution Global Topographic Map of Moon The science team that oversees the imaging system on board NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the moon ever created. This new topographic map, from A...
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Lunar phase
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Phases of the Moon A lunar phase or phase of the moon is the appearance of the illuminated (lighted) portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth. The lunar phases change cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth, according to the changing relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun...
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Recent Lunar Impact Crater
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Recent Impact in Oceanus Procellarum This unnamed crater is near the Reiner Gamma Swirl in Oceanus Procellarum. The crater's relative youth makes it a great example to investigate how impact craters form. The cratering process occurs in three stages: contact and compression, excavation, and mo...
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Lunar Polar Craters
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NASA | Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified New research from NASA's Lunar Science Institute indicates that the solar wind may be charging certain regions at the lunar poles to hundreds of volts. In this short video Dr. Bill Farrell disc...
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Lunar dome
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LROC observes feature that may be of volcanic origin Along the embayed Eddington crater rim is an ~1.5 km dome that may be an ancient volcano with a summit pit crater. Volcanic features are observed all over the Moon, but sometimes it is difficult to tell whether an observed feature is of volcanic or...
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