The new moon occurs when the moon is positioned between the earth and sun. The three objects are in approximate alignment (why "approximate" is explained below). The entire illuminated portion of the moon is on the back side of the moon‚ the half that we cannot see. At a full moon‚ the earth‚ moon‚ and sun are in approximate alignment‚ just as the new moon‚ but the moon is on the opposite side of the earth‚ so the entire sunlit part of the moon is facing us. The shadowed portion is entirely hidden
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Phases of the Moon: What Are They? Phases of the moon discovery: In 1609‚ the “Phases of the Moon‚” was discovered when a man named Galileo‚ was looking at the sun from his telescope when he noticed that the moon orbited around the Sun. Galileo created a telescope that could zoom in 20 times the actual distance of something. With this‚ he made an observation that the moon travels around the Earth at different times causing the moon to look different. Scientists now say that the moon is approximately
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start my 4 hour work shift‚ I began to go through the turnstile and seemingly startled awake a bat. This bat began to fly and squeal in fear. It darted at my head getting caught in my hair a couple times. I started to scream and flail my arms about trying to fend off the nocturnal flying mammal in fear. During what seemed to be forever I was able to unlock the turnstile and exit the entry way but not before rupturing two discs in my neck. This incident caused quite the turn of events in my life.
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was my connection to family. When my mother told me and my sister that we were going to visit Chile‚ my mother’s homeland. On the plane ride‚ I couldn’t stop moving because of my excitement. When visiting a different country‚ there are so many expectations on how the environment will be‚ the strangers to encounter‚ and the local people. At a young age‚ my imagination was wild about the environment. I stepped outside and I ran back into the airport. My hands were icy within minutes‚ and my own
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As the moon orbits around the Earth‚ from its perspective‚ it comes out of nowhere‚ grows in size‚ then shrinks back down to nothing as the month goes on. Whether it’s day or night‚ the phases of the moon can be observed from all around the world. Many people have tried to understand why the moon goes through its phases. Across the world‚ there are many different explanations of why the moon changes‚ but nothing gives us a better explanation than what science has to say about it. The light from
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excited‚ I had never been to Tennessee before. It was my first time being more than three hours away from home. The drive is usually three hours‚ but we stopped at a relative’s house on the way there‚ which added three hours to the drive.Therefore‚ the drive ended up being six hours. We were going to Tennessee for my sister’s softball tournament. We had just arrived at our really nice hotel. I could not wait to go inside and see what is was like. In my eyes‚ the hotel looked like a castle‚ also viewing
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Hello I am a Cambodian-American and I want to lend a hand to my fellow brothers and sisters in Cambodia. I just want to make this clear that all the money that is donated will go DIRECTLY to schools and school necessities for children. I wanted to start this fundraising because during my visitation to Cambodia‚ I was saddened by the amount of poverty-stricken familes the country has. With the need of money to attend schools‚ childrens unfortunatly cannot partake in education due to the cost. Typically
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One of the most interesting theories that cannot be observed is the Moon’s magnetic field‚ and why there is not one anymore. Moon rocks Colwell 7 brought back from the Apollo age astronauts shows that at some point the moon did have a magnetic field as strong as the Earth’s at some point. From analyzing the way the rock formed‚ the scientists can determine how long the Moon had a magnetic field. From their research they have discovered that a magnetic field persisted for much longer than it should
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way of green plants. Directly or indirectly‚ it provides us with energy to light and heat our homes and power our machines. For centuries‚ people dreamed of visiting the Moon. These dreams became a reality in the second half of the 20th century. First‚ the United States and the Soviet Union sent unmanned spacecraft to the Moon‚ to photograph its surface and help determine the best sites for landings. Meanwhile‚ manned spacecraft were being launched into orbits around the Earth‚ to give people a
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finished with security we waited at our gate. After we got on the plane we took our seats then started to fly. I loved it when it was going up in the air because it felt like it was a roller coaster and you had that feeling like your belly is hollow. My sister and I watched the movie Pitch Perfect 2. It took about 312hours to get there but it
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