PDF-(BOOS)-The Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor

Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become commonplace So has Dr Maggie AderinPocock In fact she earned her nickname Lunatic because of her deep fascination for all things lunar In her lucidly written comprehensive guide to the moon AderinPocock takes readers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor exploring folklore facts and future plans         She begins with the basics unpacking everything from the moons topography and composition to its formation and orbit around the Earth She travels back in time to track humanitys relationship with the moon beliefs held by ancient civilizations the technology that allowed for the first moon landing a brief history of moongazing and how the moon has influenced culture throughout the years and then to the future analyzing the pros and cons of continued space travel and exploration Throughout the book are sidebars graphs and charts to enhance the facts as well as blackandwhite illustrations of the moon and stars The Book of the Moon will be published for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Background As long as people have looked at the Moon they have wondered how far away it is from Earth The average distance to the Moon is 382500 km The distance varies because the Moon travels around Earth in an elliptical orbit At perigee the point 8 million square km square km Mass 598 x 10 24 kg 735 x 10 22 kg Volume Density 552 grams per 334 grams per cubic cm cubic cm Surface 98 msecsec 163 msecsec gravity Crust Silicate rocks Silicate rocks Continents Highlands dominated by dominated by - . November 25, 2014 . -. In the News . Story 1:. . NASA's . Swift Mission Probes an Exotic Object: ‘Kicked’ Black Hole or Mega Star. ?. . Story 2:. The Party’s Over for These Youthful Compact Galaxies . -. In the News . Story 1:. . Landslides. on . Ceres. . Reflect. . Ice. . Content. Story 2:. Newly Discovered Exoplanet May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life. Story . 3:. . Earth (and Moon) Between the Rings of Saturn. st. quarter moon, full moon, last quarter moon). Hint: Today is a new moon (Weds, Feb. 18. th. and there are only 28 days in Feb. ). Hint: We have a new moon every 28 days. Pull out Bill Nye worksheet . Exact Nearest Neighbor Algorithms Sabermetrics One of the best players ever .310 batting average 3,465 hits 260 home runs 1,311 RBIs 14x All-star 5x World Series winner Who is the next Derek Jeter? Derek Jeter -. In the News . Story 1:. . Mars rover steers toward active sand dunes . Story 2:. The Origin of Massive Stars. Story 3:. . NASA's STEREO-A resumes normal operations. Departments. The Night Sky. ISS Sighting Opportunities. Scientists have long known that the popular image of the Neanderthal as a primitive, hairy, heavily browed, club-wielding brute is not supported by the fossil evidence. But to date, no such consensus has existed on the riddle of Neanderthals\' disappearance. The Last Neanderthal, written by one of the most respected authorities he subject and supported by a dazzling wealth of material, paints the first full portrait of the most familiar and haunting of human relatives. Drawing on the latest findings and sophisticated new techniques of analysis, Ian Tattersall marshals the best available evidence to unravel the mysteries of the Neanderthals -- who they were, how they lived, how they succeeded for so long. Drawing on his own research and the work of others, Tattersall takes on the most fascinating question of all -- what happened to them? This revised edition is fully updated to include information on Tattersall\'s recent survey of all known Neanderthal fossils and cutting-edge work with Neanderthal DNA. Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become commonplace? So has Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock. In fact, she earned her nickname “Lunatic” because of her deep fascination for all things lunar. In her lucidly written, comprehensive guide to the moon, Aderin-Pocock takes readers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor, exploring folklore, facts, and future plans.         She begins with the basics, unpacking everything from the moon’s topography and composition to its formation and orbit around the Earth. She travels back in time to track humanity’s relationship with the moon — beliefs held by ancient civilizations, the technology that allowed for the first moon landing, a brief history of moongazing, and how the moon has influenced culture throughout the years — and then to the future, analyzing the pros and cons of continued space travel and exploration. Throughout the book are sidebars, graphs, and charts to enhance the facts as well as black-and-white illustrations of the moon and stars. The Book of the Moon will be published for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology--past, present, and future--central to our explorations of Earth\'s only satellite, the space destination most hotly pursued today.In these rich pages, veteran science journalist Leonard David explores the moon in all its facets, from ancient myth to future Moon Village plans. Illustrating his text with maps, graphics, and photographs, David offers inside information about how the United States, allies and competitors, as well as key private corporations like Moon Express and Jeff Bezos\'s Blue Origin, plan to reach, inhabit, and even harvest the moon in the decades to come.Spurred on by the Google Lunar XPRIZE--$20 million for the first to get to the moon and send images home--the 21st-century space race back to the moon has become more urgent, and more timely, than ever. Accounts of these new strategies are set against past efforts, including stories never before told about the Apollo missions and Cold War plans for military surveillance and missile launches from the moon. Timely and fascinating, this book sheds new light on our constant lunar companion, offering reasons to gaze up and see it in a different way than ever before. The Moon boasts an unexpected variety of landscapes - including volcanic features, sinuous valleys and ghost craters - which are readily visible from Earth. This practical guide explains and demonstrates how you can capture impressive images of our nearest neighbour in space using a variety of different techniques. As the first guide to be dedicated to modern lunar imaging, this volume offers an in-depth and illustrated approach to common optics, the essentials of digital images, imaging devices, and image processing software. Even in light-polluted areas, the countless features and finest details of the Moon can be captured by following the instructions in this comprehensive and accessible guide. Covering equipment ranging from smartphones and DSLRs to specialist planetary cameras, whether you are a novice without a telescope, an amateur developing your skills in imaging, or an experienced astrophotographer, you will benefit from the hints, insights and expertise within. For anyone artistically inclined, observing the Moon and attempting to sketch or paint it can easily become a passion. The Moon presents a broad array of tone, texture, and form. Capturing this in a painting or sketch at the eyepiece of a telescope - or even with binoculars - develops observational skills, leaves a record of the observation, and can also be a delightful and rewarding pastime. However, the choice of media available is extensive (acrylic paint, oils, pen, charcoal, etc., and even computer art programs), and there is no existing text that fully explains all lunar sketching and painting techniques in each respective medium. This beautiful and graphically rich book fulfills this requirement. It presents detailed step-by-step instructions, in the form of illustrated tutorials for every major medium employed to represent the Moon. It also provides practical advice on how to sketch outdoors at night (not ideal conditions for an artist!).This is easily the most extensive book on the subject of lunar art for amateur astronomers, particularly those observing through a telescope. The diverse features of the lunar surface will attract and entice readers to review the number of different media presented, exciting and inspiring them with the possibilities of learning to depict all of the fascinating aspects of Earth\'s very own satellite. Rev. ed. of: The moon / John C. Whitcomb, Donald B. DeYoung. c1978. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon. Now the greatest event of the twentieth century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there. Based on the interviews with twenty-three moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, journalist Andrew Chaikin conveys every aspect of the missions with breathtaking immediacy: from the rush of liftoff, to the heart-stopping lunar touchdown, to the final hurdle of reentry.