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za aprel' 2004 goda.
Kepler
30.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Kepler don't get no respect. As a bright young crater with a concentrated ray system you would think that Kepler would be a frequent target of observation, but not so. I think the problem is that Kepler (32 km/2.6 km) is just a normal transition crater between small simple craters and larger complex craters.
Greek Letters
29.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Johann Heinrich Madler, with Teutonic thoroughness and organization, gave letter designations to smaller and less conspicuous features near a named crater. Craters were give upper-case Roman letters - A, B, C, etc - with A usually being the largest or nearest crater, and letters near the end of the alphabet reserved for battered craters.
LRO - Our Future on the Moon
28.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Are we on the verge of a historical restart of exploration of the Moon? In January, President Bush announced an initiative to return Americans to the Moon and go on to Mars. Unfortunately...
A Penetrating View of Imbrium
27.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
We observe the Moon with our green-sensitive eyeballs, red-sensitive ccd cameras, multi-spectral spacecraft sensors and also with radar of various wavelengths. Each view provides somewhat different information about the top layers of the Moon. Each detector provides information to a depth about equal to a few times the wavelength used.
America Hits the Moon!
26.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
On Sept. 13, 1959 the Soviet Union crash landed the Luna 2 probe onto the Moon - the first thing from Earth to contact another planet. The US followed with a crash onto the lunar surface on April 26, 1962, 42 years ago today.
Ortho Atlas
25.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Gerard Kuiper generated more lunar atlases than any other person I know. In 1959, he began the onslaught with the publication of the Photographic Atlas of the Moon, a heavy red box containing large halftone enlargements of lunar photos.
The Star of Astronomy Night
24.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Today is Astronomy Day, and the star of the night sky is five days old, awaiting your visit with friends to be introduced to its charms. The Moon is often the first heavenly body people look at when they become attracted to the sky - and why not? The Moon is big and easy to find.
Magnetic Moon
23.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
The Moon lacks a dynamic magnetic field, but does possess remanent magnetization locked in when lunar rocks cooled and solidified billions of years ago. In 1998 the Lunar Prospector (LP) spacecraft collected 400,000 measurements of lunar magnetization - enough to make the first global map of surface magnetic field strength.
Earth Day
22.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Earth Day is one of the great ideas of the new thinking that sprang from the 1960s. Starting April 22, 1970 Earth Day has been celebrated as a time to honor the Earth and our responsibility toward it.
A Boisterous Astronaut
21.04.2004 | Lunnoe foto dnya
Thirty-two years ago today the Apollo 16 lunar module Orion dropped down on to the Descartes highlands. Commander John Young was an astronaut's astronaut. He understood systems engineering, he was a great pilot and he loved space with a passion.