Sentences with phrase «second phase of moon»

This core is hidden beneath a crust that accumulated in a second phase of moon formation, planetary scientist Robin Canup reported November 11 at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences.

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Tell him the date you were born, and he'll tell you the phase of the moon and the day of the week in under two seconds.

The nine - foot - tall London clock uses a slowly rotating torsional pendulum, ticks once every 30 seconds, and tracks hours, sidereal and solar years, centuries, phases of the moon, and the zodiac — and happens to be hauntingly beautiful.