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  • Time: 6 hours
    Level: Introductory

 
 

Introduction

  • Introduction Resource
  • This unit deals with the Moon, the only planetary body that everyone is familiar with seeing in the sky. You will learn about the nearest planetary body to Earth, the long record of cratering on its surface,...
 

1 Observing the Moon

  • 1 Observing the Moon Resource
  • Try to make out features on the surface of the Moon, even if you have no optical aid available. If you have the use of a pair of binoculars you will probably be surprised by how much you can see (especially...
 

2 Studying the set text: Chapter 6 of Teach Yourself Planets

 

3 Discussion of Chapter 6

  • 3.1 Comments and explanations Resource
  • Read the following comments and explanations before answering the questions in Section 3.2.
  • Moon34: Apollo 11 station 3 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon35: Apollo 11 station 4 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon36: Apollo 12 station 2 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon37: Apollo 12 station 3 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon38: Apollo 12 station 5 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon39: Apollo 14 station C Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon40: Apollo 14 station H Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon41: Apollo 15 station 2 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon42: Apollo 15 station 10 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon43: Apollo 16 station 1 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon44: Apollo 17 station 1 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • Moon45: Apollo 17 station 2 Resource
  • The imagery was prepared as part of a project by a USGS team under funding from the USGS Technology Transfer Program and NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.
  • 3.2 Questions on the Moon Resource
  • Now try to answer the following questions, to remind you of some of the things you have learned and test your understanding of them.
 

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