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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Moon Project Jessica Davidson Astronomy 7 Observation Time: 8:50 p.m. Obervation 1 A) Date & Location: September 24‚ 2012. Mt.SAC Campus B) North determined by IPhone App C) Altitude: 37 degrees D) Azimuth: 143 degrees E) F) Waxing Gibbous
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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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topic that I have been researching for a while is Ruby Bridges.She was the first african american child to attend an all white school.I picked Ruby Bridges because she had a lot of courage to attend an all white school.When people didn’t want her there‚she kept going to succeed in life and achieve her dream.That really inspired me to research Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges was born on September 8‚ 1964 in Tylertown‚ Mississippi.Ruby’s full name is Ruby Nell Bridges.She lived on a farm where both her parents
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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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Moon Micro is a small manufacturer of servers in Santa Clara‚ California. Lately‚ the demand for servers has increased‚ and the company needs to find a way to capitalize on the situation. The current plant has reached capacity of 10‚000 units. The two options to capitalize on the situation are to either expand the plant to a capacity of 20‚000 units or outsource the process to Molectron‚ an independent assembler. Expanding the Santa Clara plant would have an annualized fixed cost of $10‚000‚000
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In her story “The Stolen Party”‚ Liliana Heker uses foreshadowing to illustrate how life boundaries between the social classes can’t be overcome‚ even with friendship. She first settle that idea of boundaries in the beginning when Rosaura has a conversation with her mother about going to the birthday party of her “friend” Luciana‚ who is the daughter of her mother’s employer. Rosaura is convinced she can be friends with Luciana even if she’s way more wealthy than her‚ but her mother isn’t that naïve
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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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The Great “Moon Hoax” Technical Communication The Great “Moon Hoax” Conspiracy theories based on the United States landing on the moon claim that the elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landing was a hoax staged by NASA and participating members of other organizations. Such conspiracy claims have been made by various groups and individuals since the mid 1970s. The most notable claim is that the twelve Apollo astronauts did not walk on the Moon. Conspiracists
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