I wonder, instead, if her imaginative territory is just so small that we’ve already had the full tour. It also contains sodium and potassium, which are not usually found as gases in the atmospheres of Earth, Venus or Mars. As a result, the timing of the tides at most points on the Earth is a product of observations that are explained, incidentally, by theory.

The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold - Publishers Weekly The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold - Publishers Weekly

Nineteen moons are large enough to be round, several having subsurface oceans and one, Titan, having a considerable atmosphere. The distance between the Moon and Earth varies from around 356,400km (221,500mi) ( perigee) to 406,700km (252,700mi) (apogee), making the Moon's apparent size fluctuate. The highest elevations of the Moon's surface are located directly to the northeast, which might have been thickened by the oblique formation impact of the South Pole–Aitken basin.We use cook ies to give you the best online experience and to show personalised content and marketing.

The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold - Books - Review - The New The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold - Books - Review - The New

Further information: List of natural satellites Size comparison of the main moons of the Solar System with Earth to scale. The regolith of older surfaces is generally thicker than for younger surfaces: it varies in thickness from 10–15m (33–49ft) in the highlands and 4–5m (13–16ft) in the maria. Evidence of recent lunar volcanism has been identified at 70 irregular mare patches, some less than 50 million years old.During these missions, the astronauts collected samples, conducted science experiments, explored the landscape in a buggy and even played golf. The noun moon is derived from Old English mōna, which (like all its Germanic cognates) stems from Proto-Germanic *mēnōn, [22] which in turn comes from Proto-Indo-European *mēnsis "month" [23] (from earlier *mēnōt, genitive *mēneses) which may be related to the verb "measure" (of time). Similarly, Lee Siegel of The New York Times described the book as "so morally, emotionally and intellectually incoherent that it's bound to become a best seller. Because impact craters accumulate at a nearly constant rate, counting the number of craters per unit area can be used to estimate the age of the surface.