• Lunar theory attempts to account for the motions of the Moon. There are many small variations (or perturbations) in the Moon's motion, and many attempts...
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    In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive syzygies of the same type: new moons or full moons. The precise definition varies...
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    Moon, is the distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon. Lunar distance (LD or Δ ⊕ L {\textstyle \Delta _{\oplus L}} ), or Earth–Moon characteristic...
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    influence was caused by lunar rays heating the ocean's floor. Simon Stevin in his 1608 De spiegheling der Ebbenvloet (The Theory of Ebb and Flood) dismisses...
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    Tide (redirect from Lunar tide)
    and Henri Poincaré further developed Laplace's theory. Based on these developments and the lunar theory of E W Brown describing the motions of the Moon...
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    Moonbase (redirect from Lunar base)
    A moonbase (or lunar base) is a human outpost on or below the surface of the Moon. Moonbases can be for robotic or human lunar activity, in both cases...
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    Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon. First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar...
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    longitude of the lunar node. These represent perturbations in the Moon's ecliptic latitude. Tycho's lunar theory doubled the number of distinct lunar inequalities...
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    This theory was further debunked on the MythBusters episode "NASA Moon Landing". David Scott drops a hammer and feather on the Moon. 1. The Lunar Modules...
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    substance of his lectures on the Lunar Theory. Adams, J. C., ed. R. A. Sampson (1900) Lectures on the Lunar Theory, London: Cambridge University Press...
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    gravitational attraction of the Sun and planets, the study of which (lunar theory) has a long history. The orbit of the Moon is a nearly circular ellipse...
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  • post of acting as pathologist in cases of suspected poisoning. Later lunar theory work Observations of the Moon at Greenwich compared with Hansen's Tables...
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    Moon rock (redirect from Lunar sample)
    Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon...
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    took the first steps in applying his results of Proposition 66 to the lunar theory, the motion of the Moon under the gravitational influence of Earth and...
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    New moon (redirect from Lunar conjunction)
    the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude. At this phase, the lunar disk is not visible to the naked...
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    solved several problems of spherical trigonometry. With his solar and lunar theories and his trigonometry, he may have been the first to develop a reliable...
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    Philosophical Society in 1879. There is also a lunar crater Airy named in his honour. Airy wave theory is the linear theory for the propagation of gravity waves...
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  • life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets...
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    Origin of the Moon (category Lunar science)
    of the Moon Late Heavy Bombardment – Hypothesized astronomical event Lunar theory – theoretical description of motion of Earth's moonPages displaying wikidata...
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    Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars. Lunar calendars follow the...
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    excavate low albedo material, for example basaltic-lava deposits on the lunar maria. Thermal rays, as seen on Mars, are especially apparent at night when...
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  • by the Moon (an annual series beginning in 1980), Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory (2000), Crop Circles (2002), and Terror on the Tube (2009). He has also...
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    Moon (redirect from Lunar mass)
    same side of the Moon to always face Earth. Because of this, the lunar day and the lunar month are the same length, at 29.5 Earth days. The Moon's gravitational...
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    "Formation of an iron-poor moon by partial capture, or: Yet another exotic theory of lunar origin". Icarus. 24 (2): 256–268. Bibcode:1975Icar...24..256M. doi:10...
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    appearance of the dark areas (known as lunar maria) and the lighter-colored highlands (and some lowlands) of the lunar surface. There are various explanations...
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  • Moon theory may refer to: Lunar theory, various theories to account for the Moon's motion Hollow Moon, that the Moon is a hollow sphere, including the...
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  • another reason to believe that Kidinnu was involved in developing the lunar theory of System B. However, the conclusion that Kidinnu is the main creator...
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    Retrieved 18 April 2022. Britton, John P. (2010), "Studies in Babylonian lunar theory: part III. The introduction of the uniform zodiac", Archive for History...
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    The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15...
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  • Ephemeride Lunaire Parisienne (category Lunar science)
    Éphéméride Lunaire Parisienne is a lunar theory developed by Jean Chapront, Michelle Chapront-Touzé, and others at the Bureau des Longitudes in the 1970s...
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