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This 10 page paper describes the mechanics of a lunar eclipse, and gives information about the Moon itself. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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spectacle. This paper discusses lunar eclipses: what they are, the various types, how best to observe them and other facts about them. The Moon The Moon is Earths closest celestial
companion; it orbits the planet once every month. As it does so, "the angle between the Earth, the Moon and the Sun changes; we see this as the cycle of
the Moons phases. The time between successive new moons is 29.5 days (709 hours)" (Arnett, 2005). The Moon is the only extraterrestrial body on which man has actually landed (July
29, 1969); it is also "the only body from which samples have been returned to Earth" (Arnett, 2005). The Moon was mapped extensively in summer, 1994, and by the spacecraft
"Clementine," and again by the Lunar Prospector in 1999 (Arnett, 2005). The Moon, being as close as it is, affects the tides on Earth. "The Moons gravitational attraction is stronger
on the side of the Earth nearest to the Moon and weaker on the opposite side. Since the Earth, and particularly the oceans, is not perfectly rigid it is stretched
out along the line toward the Moon" (Arnett, 2005). This results in two "bulges" appearing on the Earths surface, "one in the direction of the Moon and one directly opposite"
(Arnett, 2005). Because the ocean is much less rigid than the land, the bulges in the water are higher; "because the Earth rotates much faster than the Moon moves in
its orbit, the bulges move around the Earth about once a day giving two high tides per day" (Arnett, 2005). The relationship between the Earth and the Moon is
very complex, and the two act on each other in strange ways other than the tides. For instance, the "Earths rotation carrier the Earths bulges slightly ahead of the point
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