How the Moon orbits Earth
Using real data for the month of April 2020 I'm showing the exact rotations, tilts, inclination, orbital velocity, sunlight angles & views of our Earth-Moon system. Earth-Moon distance is not to scale, but Earth and Moon sizes are (in the middle row).
FAQs/info
1. The green caps on the Moon are to indicate the position of the poles
2. The green circle around Earth (bottom middle, lol, middle Earth) is just a reference
3. The Moon is tilted 1.5° to its orbit around the Sun, so it has virtually no seasons
4. When the Moon is close to Earth it's pulled more strongly by Earth's gravity, so it goes faster, but when the Moon is far, it's pulled less and goes slower
5. Remember the SUPERMOON the other day? On April 7-8 have a look how there was a full Moon during a time when the Moon was closest to Earth... and you'll know why it looked bigger. A nice coincidence
6. Because of the 5.1° inclination and 1.5° axial tilt of the Moon, we actually see ~6.6° beneath and above the Moon's poles during it's orbit, which is why it looks like it wobbles up and down, from our point of view
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NASA Explorers Season 5, Episode 4: The South Pole
When Artemis astronauts land on the Moon, they’ll travel to sites never before visited by humans. Namely, they'll explore the South Pole region, home to the Moon’s largest crater, areas of near-constant light and deep shadows, and some of the coldest temperatures in the solar system.
Exploring the South Pole will teach us more about the Moon’s history, as well as the history of our solar system. It's home to frozen water, which is crucial for living sustainably on the lunar surface and exploring deeper into the solar system.
Artemis astronauts will explore the Moon on behalf of all of us and bring back lunar rocks and soil for analyses by generations of scientists who will help us gain unimaginable insights into our cosmic history.
Series Executive Producers: Katy Mersmann/Lauren Ward
Season Producers: Lonnie Shekhtman/Stephanie Sipila/James Tralie/Molly Wasser
Explorers: Jose Aponte/Natalie Curran/Julie Mitchell/Adam Naids/Noah Petro/Kelsey Young/Jessica Watkins
Music:
a. “Daylight Falls” by Jay Price
b. “Good Omens” by Count Zero and Rohan Stevenson
c. “Lightspeed” by Gresby Race Nash
d. “Wonders of Life” by Enrico Cacace and Lorzeno Castellarin
e. “Hold Still” by Enrico Cacace
f. “We Shall Overcome” by Laurent Couson
Credit: NASA12570
NASA Explorers: Season 5, Episode 1
These are our explorers. They're the people who will get us to the Moon, collect Moon rocks, deliver them to Earth safely, and ensure that we can study them for years to come. On episode one of “NASA Explorers: Artemis Generation," meet astronaut Jessica Watkins, engineer Adam Naids, Moon rock curator Julie Mitchell, and astrobiologist Jose Aponte. They each had a different path to NASA, from conducting hazardous kitchen chemistry experiments in Lima, Peru, to exploring the Louisiana Bayou, to dissecting a cow’s eye in a science program in Colorado. Each person is a vital part of NASA’s goal to conduct science on the Moon’s surface.
Series Executive Producers: Katy Mersmann/Lauren Ward
Season Producers: Lonnie Shekhtman/Stephanie Sipila/James Tralie/Molly Wasser
Explorers: Jose Aponte/Natalie Curran/Julie Mitchell/Adam Naids/Noah Petro/Kelsey Young/Jessica Watkins
Music:
a. “Blackbird” by Magnum Opus
b. “Optimistic Attitude 1” by Joel Goodman and Vicente Julio Ortiz Gimeno
c. “By the Moonlit Lake” by Mark Choi
d. “Beside You” by Dominic Marsh and Giovanni Tria
e. “Playground Intrigue” by Brice Davoli
f. “Momentous” by Le Fat Club and Olivier Grim
Credit: NASA12570
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JPL and the Space Age: The Stuff of Dreams
In 1977, the greatest adventure in space exploration began with the launch of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, two robotic explorers designed to explore the deep reaches of our solar system.
The Voyagers were the creations of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where a brash young scientist had just been put in charge. His ambition was to take the next steps in exploring the solar system. Instead, he found himself struggling for JPL’s very survival in the midst of financial cutbacks at the very same time of the Voyagers' triumphs of discoveries at Jupiter and Saturn.
“The Stuff of Dreams” tells the story of the Voyagers’ astounding successes and unexpected discoveries – but most of all, it’s a tale of perseverance by people and machines struggling against forces put in their way.
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Zooming in on the Andromeda Galaxy
This video begins with a ground-based view of the night sky, before zooming in on a Hubble image of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31.
The new Hubble image of the galaxy is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.
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STS 63 Flight Day 4 Highlights/MIR-Shuttle Rendezvous
STS 63 Flight, day 4, the MIR-Shuttle rendezvous is highlighted in this video. The six-member team in the Shuttle are introduced and discuss their functions and tests for this day of the flight. There is actual footage of earth from space, of the MIR Space Station, a tour of the Shuttle cockpit, some footage from the MIR of the Space Shuttle, and footage from inside the MIR with the cosmonauts. Mission control communications with the Shuttle, communication between the Shuttle and MIR, and an historic communication between the Shuttle's astronauts and President Bill Clinton are included. President Clinton interviews each of the six-member team and discusses the upcoming space walk by Dr. Bernard Harris, the first black astronaut to walk in space. This video was recorded on February 6, 1995.
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STS-71 Shuttle /Mir Flight: Day 3
The third day of the STS-71 flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis is contained in this video. Flight footage contains earth views from space, and views of Mir Space Station taken from various angles. June 1995
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Afternoon Class - Animation Short Film
This is my graduation film, 'Afternoon Class' The story is inspired by my experience that when I was trying to stop myself from falling asleep in afternoon class.
- Film by Seoro Oh
- 2015, 2D Digital animation
- 3:50 min
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Rocket Launch as Seen from the Space Station
Credit: NASA, ISS, Riccardo Rossi (ISAA)
Music: Inspiring Adventure Cinematic Background by Maryna
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Earth In Space
Isn't it marvelous to look at the Bubble of Earth, in this Ocean of Universe, where we billions of people are so much concerned about our desires, but we ourselves are just a little microbe, born somewhere in between the timeline of universe, all just to die in few days? We certainly had a time period where mankind was non-existent. But, here we are living, alive and profound. And, we are going to die. Whatever we desire to consume our intellect within this journey of birth to death, isn't it JUSTICE, or isn't it RIGHT, to show a sincere gratitude to the One who crafted and Created this Universe at the Bigbang? If Bigbang didn't happen, this universe wouldn't be here and thus we wouldn't be here. If at that Bigbang, the potential of Life was was absent, Life wouldn't be here, we wouldn't be here. At that Potential of Life, if it didn't have the data within it for the design and structure of Mankind, we wouldn't be here. And even at that data, if ability of vision was not contained, we wouldn't know ever, the colors exist. "O Mankind, don't we need to be Grateful for our existence to the Source Energy that created us?". Yes, that Source is incomprehensible to our mind, we can't contemplate how that Energy came into being, and how He exist, that's the limit to our capability. In the end, we can 'only' understand 'so much'. Wouldn't there be colors, if Humanity were born blind, just because we can't comprehend vision? Just because we can't comprehend something, doesn't mean it don't exist. And to deny the Source Energy is as blunder as denying this profound existence. So, whatever and however incomprehensible The Source is, let us pay Gratefulness to our Lord, for He decreed this existence for us; we wouldn't be here, if He didn't decree it in this realm.
Let our further definitions vary, but isn't it RIGHT and JUST, to show a sincere heartfelt Thanks and Gratitude for The Source Energy that started this verse.
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Funny Dog video
The video takes an even funnier turn as the dog decides to mimic the postures of pedestrians waiting to cross the road. It's a hilarious sight as the dog raises one paw, then another, mirroring the actions of the pedestrians with an almost human-like precision. Its antics attract a growing crowd of amused onlookers, all of whom can't help but smile at the dog's antics.
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STS-Flight Day 2
On the second day of the STS-74 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth Cameron, Pilot James Halsell, and Mission Specialists William McArthur, Jerry Ross, and Chris Hadfield, were awakened to music from the play 'The Nutcracker'. The astronauts hosted an in-orbit interview with Canadian reporters and journalists from Toronto, answering general questions about living in space and space flight, and explaining the delicate maneuvers that the shuttle will have to perform for the Mir docking procedures scheduled for the next day. Due to the awkward angle that the shuttle will use to approach the Mir, the docking procedure will be done in an almost blind state. Released Nov. 1996
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STS- Flight Day 1
On this first day of the STS-75 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Andrew Allen, Pilot Scott Horowitz, Payload Cmdr. Franklin Chang-Diaz, Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni (Italy), and Mission Specialists Jeffrey Hoffman, Maurizio Cheli (ESA) and Claude Nicollier (ESA), were shown performing pre-launch and launching activities. This international space mission's primary objective is the deployment of the Tethered Satellite System Reflight (TSS-1R) to a 12 mile length from the shuttle, a variety of experiments, and the satellite retrieval. These experiments include: Research on Orbital Plasma Electrodynamics (ROPE); TSS Deployer Core Equipment and Satellite Core Equipment (DCORE/SCORE); Research on Electrodynamic Tether Effects (RETE); Magnetic Field Experiments for TSS Missions (TEMAG); Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether Systems (SETS); Shuttle Potential and Return Electron Experiment (SPREE); Tether Optical Phenomena Experiment (TOP); and Observations at the Earth's Surface of Electromagnetic Emissions by TSS (OESSE). The mission's secondary objectives were those experiments found in the United States Microgravity Payload-3 (USMP-3), which include: Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace (AADSF); Material pour l'Etude des Phenomenes Interessant la Solidification sur Terre et en Orbite (MEPHISTO); Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS); Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE); Critical Fluid Scattering Experiment (ZENO); and Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment (IDGE). Feb. 1996.
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