Waspie_Dwarf Posted May 29, 2014 #1 Share Posted May 29, 2014 NASA Missions Let Scientists See Moon’s Dancing Tide From Orbit Scientists combined observations from two NASA missions to check out the moon’s lopsided shape and how it changes under Earth’s sway – a response not seen from orbit before.The team drew on studies by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been investigating the moon since 2009, and by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, mission. Because orbiting spacecraft gathered the data, the scientists were able to take the entire moon into account, not just the side that can be observed from Earth. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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