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The moon is awesome and super cool, and it rocks! In two ways, in fact. Both because it IS rocks (bet you didn't see that pun coming) and because its slightly-elliptical orbit gives it an apparent rocking motion over the course of a month when seen from Earth, called libration. Share your favorite MOON FACTS in this thread! (Do YOU have a moon? Why or why not?)
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Apollo 14 took 500 tree seeds (Loblolly Pine, Sycamore, Sweetgum, Redwood, and Douglas Fir) to orbit the Moon, then returned them to earth and they are planted various places.
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Feb 23, 2021 03:23
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ive always thought it was interesting that extremely low orbits would be achievable if the moon wasn't so LUMPY. low lunar orbits are impacted by the moons nonhomogeneous structure with lots of mass concentrations or (MASCONs) perturbing orbits in a very significant way. yo momma not just fat, she got mystery lumps
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Feb 23, 2021 03:25
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Feb 23, 2021 03:26
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One of the Apollo astronauts had a mild heart attack while orbiting the Moon. (Even the Earth can't claim any orbital heart attack victims!)
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Feb 23, 2021 04:05
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Powered Descent posted:Both because it IS rocks wrong. its green cheese
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Feb 23, 2021 04:35
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cuntman.net posted:wrong. its green cheese As demonstrated in this Apollo astronaut video footage: 
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Feb 23, 2021 04:39
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i was thinking the other day how it would be great to retire to the moon. easier on aching backs etc.
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Feb 23, 2021 05:16
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drat I didn't know the moon wasn't already in a stable orbit
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Feb 23, 2021 05:21
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Would it even be possible to mine He3 with our current technology (let's for arguments sake just say that money is not a problem whatsoever)?
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Feb 23, 2021 08:05
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Greggster posted:Would it even be possible to mine He3 with our current technology (let's for arguments sake just say that money is not a problem whatsoever)? We could certainly (if money was no object) collect and send back at least small quantities of Helium-3, painstakingly concentrated from the lunar regolith. The bigger problem is that so far we haven't invented any fusion reactors in which to burn it.
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Feb 23, 2021 08:19
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Delta-Wye posted:ive always thought it was interesting that extremely low orbits would be achievable if the moon wasn't so LUMPY. low lunar orbits are impacted by the moons nonhomogeneous structure with lots of mass concentrations or (MASCONs) perturbing orbits in a very significant way. do hose mass concentrations correspond with features, e.g. craters on the surface? what is the why for the moon lumps?
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Feb 23, 2021 12:41
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cuntman.net posted:wrong. its green cheese Wrong again. Its ribs. Meant to be washed down with an ice cold budweiser. 
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Feb 23, 2021 22:49
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FACT: The moon is covered in a substance called "regolith," also known as moon dust. This is because it is hard to get people up there to dust or vaccuum, so it has accumulated a thick layer of it. FACT: The moon is over 400 years old. FACT: There is no liquid water on the moon, which means there are no functioning toilets, so be sure to go before you leave Earth.
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Feb 23, 2021 23:09
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Although it looks reasonably uniform from earth, either light grey or dark grey, the various Apollo astronauts who have seen it up close describe it a variety of different ways, running from pure white, through various greys and browns. It's a simple distinction but I like that it's way more complex when you get close.Frances Nurples posted:do hose mass concentrations correspond with features, e.g. craters on the surface? what is the why for the moon lumps? Not sure about the craters (but my guess is yes), but those are gravity lumps, so it basically has to be big lumps of heavy poo poo (read: metal). Almost certainly space rocks (possibly broken off bits of the earth) with high concentrations of metal that were subsumed into it. PittTheElder fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Feb 23, 2021 |
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Feb 23, 2021 23:32
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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The moon is the 5th largest satellite in the solar system and the second most dense. Pluto is only about 20% as massive as the moon.
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Feb 23, 2021 23:58
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FACT: The regolith is not a scary monster who put astronauts in danger of being devoured. It's just a bunch of freakin dust. Lame.
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Feb 24, 2021 00:09
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FACT: the Moon is beautiful https://twitter.com/cosmosastroart/status/1363591268228624386?s=21
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Feb 24, 2021 03:48
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FACT: The Moon smells like burned gunpowder. When the Apollo moonwalkers came back inside the ship and took off their spacesuit helmets, they all noticed the scent of the moon dust they'd tracked in. Most astronauts thought it smelled like gunpowder; a few thought it smelled more like charcoal, or "fireplace ashes sprinkled with water". In any case, it smells burned. It's speculated that this is because of various compounds in the regolith being exposed to oxygen for the first time ever, and undergoing a reaction that smells a bit like the result of a fire (which is just an energetic oxidation, after all).
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Feb 24, 2021 04:06
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Powered Descent posted:FACT: The Moon smells like burned gunpowder. neat!
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Feb 24, 2021 10:24
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i got sent to the special school for librating in public
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Feb 24, 2021 10:51
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Why is showing your rear end called mooning? The moon has no crack? There’s not two moons? Where’s the moons hair?
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Feb 24, 2021 12:54
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Well actually this contradicts itself. Is there liquid water or not, moonbow promoting infographic?
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Feb 24, 2021 22:18
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Ah yes, the moonbow. The lunar counterpart to the weather phenomenon we all know as the sunbow.
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Feb 24, 2021 22:28
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Weka posted:Well actually this contradicts itself. Is there liquid water or not, moonbow promoting infographic? they're talking about the phenomenon known as a moonbow, which happens on earth, in moonlight. it's a myth that it "only happens" at certain locations. famously, cumberland falls in kentucky likes to tout that fact.
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Feb 24, 2021 22:35
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The movie moon is good The actual moon is a big lame rock
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Feb 25, 2021 01:15
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I have some questions vis a vis the moon is this the correct thread thanks
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Feb 25, 2021 01:57
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FACT: This is the correct thread for moon-related questions.
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Feb 25, 2021 01:58
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QUESTION: can we tittyfuck the moon
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Feb 25, 2021 02:02
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FOLLOW UP QUESTION: can we fit all 3,474km of the moon down our throat without gagging
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Feb 25, 2021 02:04
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FINAL QUESTION: What is the recommended dose of muscle relaxers to take before attempting to "take" the moon
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Feb 25, 2021 02:05
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Ariong posted:FACT: This is the correct thread for moon-related questions. Ok thanks
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Feb 25, 2021 02:40
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Yes. (Just be careful of abrasion, some of those rocks are pointy.) Yes in theory, but only after extensive orthodontia. None. YOLO.
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Feb 25, 2021 02:40
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What is being done about the lunar Robots?
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OMGVBFLOL posted:QUESTION: can we tittyfuck the moon OMGVBFLOL posted:FOLLOW UP QUESTION: can we fit all 3,474km of the moon down our throat without gagging OMGVBFLOL posted:FINAL QUESTION: What is the recommended dose of muscle relaxers to take before attempting to "take" the moon same
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Feb 25, 2021 04:15
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FACT: Any robots on the moon are merely artifacts from now-completed lunar missions. FACT: The lunar robots are no longer operational. FACT: The lunar robots are not capable of self-operation. FACT: The lunar robots have no concept of abandonment or revenge.
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Feb 25, 2021 06:12
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PittTheElder posted:Although it looks reasonably uniform from earth, either light grey or dark grey, the various Apollo astronauts who have seen it up close describe it a variety of different ways, running from pure white, through various greys and browns. It's a simple distinction but I like that it's way more complex when you get close. Don't forget orange! Gene Cernan famously got excited seeing orange soil at Shorty Crater during Apollo 17.
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Feb 25, 2021 07:02
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Hermsgervørden posted:FACT: the Moon is beautiful drat thats cool
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Ariong posted:FACT: Any robots on the moon are merely artifacts from now-completed lunar missions. that we know of......
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Ariong posted:FACT: Any robots on the moon are merely artifacts from now-completed lunar missions. whew, thats a load off my mind
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