EOTS: The Moon's Mare Australe, Rupes Altai & other features (9/29-10/5)
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Channel: Eyes on the Sky · 2014 · Science & Technology
Mare Australe is often hidden from view, just around the edge of the Moon's southeastern side. But libration - the "wobbling" of the Moon back and forth thanks to it's elliptical orbit and inclined plane allows us to "peek around the corner" and see this feature. But there's a lot MORE to see this week too - the "Lunar S" formed by Mons Penck and the crater Kant, Rupes Altai, Deslandres, the crater named "Hell" and a couple of mountain ranges near Copernicus. See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.
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