Old_view_moon.jpg
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Summary
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English:
The figure was named "Lunar Day", and it represents a historical concept of the lunar surface appearance. Robotic missions to the Moon later demonstrated that the surface features are much more rounded due to a long history of impacts.
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| Source | This image is a flatbed scan from the book Recreations in Astronomy by H. D. Warren D. D., published in 1879. * Width: 519 * Height: 771 |
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- 2004-12-18 17:09 RJHall 519×771× (231452 bytes) Historical view of the Moon's surface.