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This is a striking animated image--created by Tom Reun using NASA/USGS images--that illustrates an effect few people know about (including myself until reading its source article, Libration). ... The Libration of the Moon, roughly Jan 13-Feb 12 2005 -- RyanFreisling @ 04:19, 28 August 2005 (UTC) ... [edit] Libration of the Moon...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candid...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Libration_of_the_Moon
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An optional section on lunar librations, part of a course on astronomy, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight ... Two-pan weighing scales can oscillate like a pendulum, back and forth across their equilibrium position, and supposedly the libration of the Moon resembles such motion.
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www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Smoon4.htm
www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Smoon4.htm
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You are in the Gallery called ... This composite is composed of pictures from the animation showing the Moon's libration phenomenon (see also the GIF format in 600 x 600 pixels). The Moon's libration is the fact of see a little part of the far side of the Moon, because of its elliptic orbit and its inclination.
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www.pixheaven.net/photo_us.php?nom=041200_9
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The moon, lunar phases, tides, lunar exploration. ... LIBRATION; Libration is a rocking movement of the Moon. Librations cause us to view the Moon from different angles at different times, enabling us to see about 59 percent of the Moon's surface from Earth, even though the same side always faces us.
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www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/
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Java applet computing and visualising the optical libration of the Moon ... The applet is computing and visualizing the geocentric optical libration of the Moon. The red dot is located at 0° longitude and 0° latitude (selenographic).
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www.jgiesen.de/moonlibration/index.htm
www.jgiesen.de/moonlibration/index.htm
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It is often said that the Moon always presents the same face to the Earth. This is essentially true, but there is also a small oscillation that is visible in this animation. The inclination and ... To illustrate the Moon's libration phenomenon. ... Click on to advance the moon through time, step by step. Moon phases libration...
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www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/a435-moon-s-libration
www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/a435-moon-s-libration
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Libration is the small oscillation of the Moon about its mean position. Longitude libration occurs from the Moon's synchronous rotation and elliptical orbit. Latitude libration is the result of the Moon's equator being slightly tilted (1.5°) from its orbital plane and its orbital plane being tilted 5° from the ecliptic.
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www.stargazing.net/david/moon/moonlibration.html
www.stargazing.net/david/moon/moonlibration.html
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You can see 9% more Moon than just what's on the near side — thanks to lunar libration. ... What I find interesting is that the Moon's libration can follow very different patterns over the course of the year. That's because libration is actually a combination of three nodding motions — in latitude, in longitude,
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www.skyandtelescope.com/skytel/beyondthepage/16783036.h...
www.skyandtelescope.com/skytel/beyondthepage/16783036.html
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Observe the libration of the Moon ... The moon goes around the earth in approximately 27.3 days. The moon also rotates on itself in the same amount of time. The moon therefore always faces the earth the same way. This is why we always see the same face of the moon. ... Libration of the Moon visualisation...
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www.unawe.org/unawe_tools/index.php?page=libration
www.unawe.org/unawe_tools/index.php?page=libration
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