How Small Craters Contributed to the Moon’s Poles Wandering

True Lunar Polar Wander

The Moon’s craters preserve billions of years of history.

Scientists have learned about the conditions of our early solar system by studying the composition, size, and distribution of these holes in the Moon’s surface, created long ago by collisions with asteroids.

But instead of directly studying the characteristics of these holes, a team based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center …

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LRO Imagery To The Tune of Claire de Lune

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Clair de Lune

This video of lunar imagery taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter attempts to capture the mood of Claude Debussy’s best-known composition, Clair de Lune (Moonlight in French).

The music was originally published in 1905 as the third of four movements in the composer’s Suite Bergamasque. Clair is quiet, contemplative, and slightly melancholy, evoking the feeling of a solitary walk through …

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