Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                 2024 June 2

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/sNUNB6CMnE8?rel=0

                           Rotating Moon from LRO
             Video Credit: [3]NASA, [4]LRO, [5]Arizona State U.

   Explanation: No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. That's
   because the Earth's moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us
   [6]only one side. Given [7]modern digital technology, however, combined
   with many detailed images returned by the [8]Lunar Reconnaissance
   Orbiter (LRO), a high resolution virtual [9]Moon rotation movie has
   been composed. The [10]featured time-lapse video starts with the
   standard Earth [11]view of the Moon. Quickly, though, [12]Mare
   Orientale, a large crater with a dark center that is difficult to see
   from the Earth, rotates into view just below the equator. From an
   entire [13]lunar month condensed into 24 seconds, the video clearly
   shows that the Earth side of [14]the Moon contains an abundance of
   [15]dark lunar maria, while the lunar far side is dominated by bright
   [16]lunar highlands. Currently, over [17]32 new missions to the Moon
   are under active development from multiple countries and companies,
   including NASA's [18]Artemis program which aims to [19]land people on
   the Moon again within the next few years.

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    Authors & editors: [31]Robert Nemiroff ([32]MTU) & [33]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([34]UMCP)
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                A service of: [39]ASD at [40]NASA / [41]GSFC,
                         [42]NASA Science Activation
                           & [43]Michigan Tech. U.

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   8. https://www.lroc.asu.edu/about
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  10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUNB6CMnE8
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  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_maria_on_the_Moon
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Moon#Highlands
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_the_Moon#Funded_lunar_probe_missions_currently_under_development
  18. https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/
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