Forward of the blue supermoon, here is trivia about Earth’s moon : Brief Wave : NPR

Throughout its 1997 flight, the Galileo spacecraft returned pictures of the Moon. This coloration image is a mosaic assembled from 18 pictures taken by Galileo’s imaging system by way of a inexperienced filter.

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Throughout its 1997 flight, the Galileo spacecraft returned pictures of the Moon. This coloration image is a mosaic assembled from 18 pictures taken by Galileo’s imaging system by way of a inexperienced filter.

NASA/JPL/USGS

All summer season lengthy, Brief Wave has been on a 10-episode odyssey through the changing universe. We have lined planets, stars, life in area and even the potential ends of the universe.

However there was one huge set of objects that we omitted: moons.

So now we’re again, with a particular visitor look from Radiolab‘s Latif Nasser, to speak about sure, our moon — and the numerous moons and quasi-moons past it. The place did our Moon come from? What number of moons are on the market? What’s this “quasi-moon” of which we communicate and why is it “dancing” round area?

Additionally, Latif tells us about Radiolab‘s quasi-moon naming contest. Learn all the main points and submit a reputation here!

Lunar questions or in any other case celestial musings you suppose we should always cowl? We might love to listen to about it! You’ll be able to attain us by emailing shortwave@npr.org.

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