Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 15, 2015 #1 Share Posted September 15, 2015 NASA's LRO Discovers Earth's Pull is "Massaging" our Moon Earth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks, according to new results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.In August, 2010, researchers using images from LRO's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) reported the discovery of 14 cliffs known as "lobate scarps" on the moon's surface, in addition to about 70 previously known from the limited high-resolution Apollo Panoramic Camera photographs. Due largely to their random distribution across the surface, the science team concluded that the moon is shrinking. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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