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The same side of the Moon always faces Earth, but not in exactly the same way. Due to its tilted axis and elliptical orbit, we see about 59% of its surface over time. This simulation compresses a year into 60 seconds, making the Moon's apparent wobble, called libration, clearly visible.
Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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This is amazing and beautiful! Thank you for sharing
M@ Bntn
@wonderofscience It’s really cool, yet horrific for my trypophobia.
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TIL that the moon is tipsy.
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@wonderofscience I just realized, the side of the moon locked towards Earth, it has several huge craters, meaning this side once faced away from Earth or space crap hit it by narrowly missing Earth and colliding with visible side of the Moon.
bewilderbeast23
@wonderofscience Thank You!
Kelvin White
@wonderofscience wow wonderful
Rina
@wonderofscience this is amazing! Thank you for sharing. 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑
Aaron Jacobs
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@wonderofscience @timbray This must be one month, not one year, right? Otherwise there would be 12 cycles of shadow I think.
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