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==LPOD Articles==
 
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* [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060905 A quadrant of the farside] - Moscovience quadrant
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_5,_2006 A quadrant of the farside] - Moscovience quadrant
* [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070425 Another quarter of the farside] - SPA quadrant
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/April_25,_2007 Another quarter of the farside] - SPA quadrant
* [http://www.lpod.org/archive/archive/2004/04/LPOD-2004-04-10.htm Amazing farside view] - Lunar Orbiter mosaic
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* [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/April_10,_2004 Amazing farside view] - Lunar Orbiter mosaic
 
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==Bibliography==
 
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Revision as of 20:14, 11 April 2018

The Moon's Farside

Table of Contents

[#The Moon's Farside The Moon's Farside]
[#The Moon's Farside-Description Description]
[#The Moon's Farside-Maps Maps]
[#The Moon's Farside-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#The Moon's Farside-Additional Information-Lunar Orbiter IV (1967) Lunar Orbiter IV (1967)]
[#The Moon's Farside-Additional Information-Clementine (1992) Clementine (1992)]
[#The Moon's Farside-Additional Information-Chang'e-1 (2007-2008) Chang'e-1 (2007-2008)]
[#The Moon's Farside-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#The Moon's Farside-Bibliography Bibliography]

Description

Since the Moon's rotation is tidally locked to the Earth, one side points constantly towards the Earth. Hence for observer's on our planet, it has a "nearside", which we can see, and a "farside", which we can't. Knowledge of features on the Moon's farside has increased gradually as spacecraft provide new glimpses of it.

Maps

  • A 1953 prediction of the farside's appearance by [/Hugh%20Percy%20Wilkins H.P. Wilkins]
  • LRO LOLA Topo Map (Scroll to bottom, date of 3.12.2010)
  • [/Maurice%20Collins%27%20Farside%20Map Maurice Collins' Farside Map] with nomenclature.


Additional Information

Images of the Farside from Succeeding Generations of Spacecraft

[/Lunar%20Orbiter Lunar Orbiter IV] (1967)

external image normal_LunarFarside_LunarOrbiter_LTVT.JPG
image source: LPOD Gallery

[/Clementine Clementine] (1992)

external image normal_LunarFarside_Clementine_LTVT.JPG
image source: LPOD Gallery

[/Chang%27e-1 Chang'e-1] (2007-2008)

external image normal_LunarFarside_Change-1_LTVT.JPG
image source: LPOD Gallery

LPOD Articles


Bibliography



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