Sentences with phrase «lunar near side»
The hypothesized moonlet pushing a cooling magma ocean and its KREEP to the lunar near side would explain the dichotomy.
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On the near side of the moon, on the shore of the lunar plain known as the Sea of Tranquility, there is a small triangular mountain that had no name.
The seismographs left on the moon's surface by the Apollo astronauts and the gravity measurements of the 1998 Lunar Prospector probe have provided enough data to explain why there are many more craters on the moon's far side than on the near side.
GRAIL, which will map the moon's gravitational field to expose variations in its near - surface density, may be able to detect the residual effects of a long - lost moonlet pancaked across the lunar far side.
Since it's lush and green on one side (near Hilo) and arid and lunar - like on the other (near Kona), Big Island weddings are ideal for couples who love nature - based adventure.