The Modern Moon: A Personal ViewDrawing on both telescopic and spacecraft observations of the Moon, The Modern Moon: A Personal View is the authoritative guidebook that tells readers which features to look for and why to look. Set up your telescope and let Wood unravel the Moon's complex past as you gaze at lunar vistas. |
Contents
Observing the Moon | 1 |
Impact Craters and Lava Flows | 9 |
The Imbrium Basin | 27 |
Copyright | |
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Alphonsus anorthosite Apennine Apollo 15 Archimedes astronauts astronomers basalts basin ring billion years ago Brown/NASA central peaks conspicuous Copernicus deposits domes Earth east ejecta eruptions excavated Fecunditatis formation formed fractures full Moon Gargantuan geologic geologists Grimaldi Hartmann highlands Humorum images Imbrium basin impact basin impact craters km deep km wide Kuiper Lacus Lacus Mortis large craters lava flows limb lunar craters Lunar Orbiter lunar scientists lunar surface magma Mare Crisium Mare Frigoris Mare Humorum Mare Imbrium mare lavas mare material Mare Nubium Mare Serenitatis Mare Tranquillitatis maria massifs melt Moon Moon's Mountains nearly Nectaris observers Oceanus Procellarum Orientale basin origin patch planetary planets Plato Ptolemaeus rays region rilles rocks samples scarp secondary craters side Sinus Iridum Sky Publishing diagram small craters solar system spacecraft Spudis telescope terrestrial Theophilus Tranquillitatis Tycho UA/LPL Urey USGS visible volcanic walls western Wilhelms wrinkle ridges