Science
What is the Moon? The Moon installation touring the UK that inspired this episode (Museum of the Moon) (https://my-moon.org) Awesome simulated view of the Moon over 1 month (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libration#/media/File:Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007_450px.gif) Why do people say the Moon is made of cheese? (Mental Floss) (http://mentalfloss.com/article/53107/why-do-people-say-moon-made-cheese) Five myths about the Moon (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/space/five-myths-about-the-moon) Man in the Moon (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon) Ancient Greek astronomy (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_astronomy) Eratosthenes measurement of the Earth's circumference (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes#Measurement_of_the_Earth.27s_circumference) Aristarchus's 3rd-century BCE calculations on the relative sizes of the Sun, Earth & Moon (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_astronomy#/media/File:Aristarchus_working.jpg) The lunar calendar (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_calendar) The Celtic year (Living Myths) (http://www.livingmyths.com/Celticyear.htm) The death & life of the 13-month calendar (City Lab) (http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/12/the-world-almost-had-a-13-month-calendar/383610/) What causes the seasons? The Earth's tilt, which is theorised to be caused by a cosmic crash that created the Moon (NASA) (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/) La Luna, Belinda Carlisle (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RergWOAFoc) "A moon is an object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star. Besides planets, moons can circle dwarf planets, large asteroids, & other bodies" (National Geographic) (http://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/moon/) The Moon (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon) Earth's moon (NASA) (https://moon.nasa.gov/about.cfm) Origins of 'luna' (Online Etymology Dictionary) (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=luna) List of natural satellites, i.e. all the moons in our solar system (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_satellites) Our solar system: Moons (NASA) (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/solarsystem/moons) Origin of the Moon (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Moon) Lunar rocks & soils from Apollo missions (NASA) (https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/) What the Moon tells us about Earth (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/space/what-the-moon-can-tell-us-about-earth) The Moon does have some tectonic activity & 'moonquakes', but it's much less than on Earth (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/180577main_ETM.Moon.Anomalies.pdf) Moonquakes (NASA) (https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/15mar_moonquakes) "The tides in the oceans occur primarily because of the gravitational force of the Moon & secondarily the Sun's tidal force. Tidal forces stretch the Earth in the direction of the tide-producing body" (HyperPhysics) (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/tidfrict.html) Io & tidal heating: This young lady just won a science scholarship from Cards Against Humanity for this great video (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG1WRh-LvvE) They've found ice in permanently shadowed polar craters on the Moon, but not liquid water (SETI) (https://www.seti.org/faq#csc22) Why is the Moon so scarred with craters? (NASA) (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/craters/en/) "The South Pole-Aitken basin is a huge impact crater on the far side of the Moon. Roughly 2,500 km in diameter & 13 km deep" (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole–Aitken_basin) Thank you Moon: GIF of the path of an asteroid's orbit that came in close contact with Earth in 2003 & will return in 2032 (9gag) (https://9gag.com/gag/a1AK5E6/gif-of-the-path-of-orbit-of-an-asteroid-that-came-in-close-contact-with-earth-in-2003-and-will-return-in-2032) The Manicouagan crater: One of the oldest known impact craters & the largest 'visible' impact crater on Earth (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicouagan_crater) A view of the Manicouagan crater from the space station (Twitter, Chris Hadfield) (https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/844596180302643200) Is there an atmosphere on the Moon? (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphere.html) Regolith (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regolith) Lunar soil (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_soil) Gravitation of the Moon (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation_of_the_Moon) "The gravitational field of the Moon has been measured through tracking the Doppler shift of radio signals emitted by orbiting spacecraft" (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Gravitational_field) Does the Moon orbit the Sun or the Earth? (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2012/12/does-the-moon-orbit-the-sun-or-the-earth/) Barycentre: "The center of mass of two or more bodies that are orbiting each other, or the point around which they both orbit" (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycenter) Lagrange points: Parking places in space (Space.com) (http://www.space.com/30302-lagrange-points.html) Sizing up the moons of the solar system (University of Michigan, Jason Maguran) (https://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/reflections/2008/jmaguran.1.html) Team solves the origin of the Moon's 'mascons' mystery (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2013-05-team-moon-mascons-mystery.html) What colour is the Moon? (Universe Today) (https://www.universetoday.com/19626/color-of-the-moon/) Astronomical albedo (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo#Astronomical_albedo) Lunar & solar eclipses (NASA) (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/eclipses/en/) Why is the Moon exactly the same apparent size from Earth as the Sun? (Astronomy Magazine) (http://www.astronomy.com/magazine/ask-astro/2000/10/why-is-the-moon-exactly-the-same-apparent-size-from-earth-as-the-sun-surely-this-cannot-be-just-coincidence-the-odds-against-such-a-perfect-match-are-enormous) Footage of the diamond ring effect from a total solar eclipse (Business Insider, Australia) (https://www.businessinsider.com.au/video-of-fridays-solar-eclipse-2015-2015-3) The Sun's corona is its outer atmosphere (NASA) (https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/corona.shtml) The next solar & lunar eclipses (TimeAndDate) (https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html) Manned missions to the Moon: Will NASA or others return to the surface? (ABC, Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-05/manned-moon-mission-nasa-esa-china-looking-to-return/8397068) Does a full moon really trigger strange behaviour? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lunacy-and-the-full-moon/) It's just a phase: The supermoon won't drive you mad (LiveScience) (http://www.livescience.com/7899-moon-myths-truth-lunar-effects.html) Extraterrestrial real estate (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_real_estate) "Earth's oldest, most recognised celestial real estate agency" (Lunar Land) (https://www.lunarland.com) Origins of 'lunatic' (Online Etymology Dictionary) (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lunatic) The United Nations Outer Space Treaty (UN Office for Outer Space Affairs) (http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/introouterspacetreaty.html) Notable claims by people who think they own the Moon & other exraterrestrial real estate (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_real_estate#Notable_claims) Geosynchronous orbits & the Bogotá Declaration of 1976 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_real_estate#Geosynchronous_orbits) Strange Attractor went to the Moon in 2016 for a backyard film festival ? 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