THE MOON: CONSIDERED AS A PLANET, WORLD & SATELLITE

By EVELYN MARTINEZ

CONTENTS CHAPTER INTRODUCING THE MOON LIBRATION PHASES OF THE MOON SIDEREAL AND SYNODIC MONTH FEATURES OF THE MOON TERMS USED WHEN OBSERVING THE MOON MAPS OF THE MOON GRAVITY AND TIDAL FORCES ATMOSPHERE WATER TEMPERATURE MAGNETIC FIELD FAR SIDE OF THE MOON WEB NOTES CHAPTER PROBING THE MOON WHAT’S NEW? EARLY SPACE PROBES TO THE MOON APOLLO MISSIONS MORE LUNAR MISSIONS GETTING TO THE MOON RECENT LUNAR MISSIONS USA RETURN TO THE MOON FURTHER LUNAR PROBES GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE MOON ORIGIN OF THE MOON HISTORY OF THE MOON THE MOON’S PERIODS LUNAR ROCKS AND SOIL ANCIENT IMPACT BASINS MARE GEOLOGY THE HIGHLANDS LUNAR MOUNTAINS LUNAR VALLEYS TRANSIENT LUNAR PHENOMENA INTERIOR OF THE MOON MASCONS THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON OCCULTATIONS AND ECLIPSES OCCULTATIONS ECLIPSES OBSERVING THE MOON BEGINNING A STUDY OF THE MOON OBSERVING WITH BINOCULARS TYPES OF OPTICS IN BINOCULARS USING A TELESCOPE THE REFRACTOR REFLECTORS EYEPIECES FILTERS MOUNTING FOR TELESCOPES PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOON SINGLE LENS REFLEX PHOTOGRAPHY CCD CAMERAS DETERMINING EXPOSURES VIDEO AND CCD CAMERAS IMAGE PROCESSING LIST OF RECOMMENDED ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS STUDYING THE MOON STUDY AREA 1: MARE CRISIUM STUDY AREA 2: SOUTHEAST LIMB STUDY AREA 3: NORTHEAST LIMB STUDY AREA 4: MARE TRANQUILLITATIS STUDY AREA 5: MARE SERENITATIS STUDY AREA 6: MARE NECTARIS WEST STUDY AREA 7: MARE VAPORUM STUDY AREA 8: CENTRAL HIGHLANDS STUDY AREA 9: MARE NUBIUM STUDY AREA 10: NORTHERN PLAINS STUDY AREA 11: SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS STUDY AREA 12: MARE COGNITUM STUDY AREA 13: SINUS IRIDUM STUDY AREA 14: MARE INSULARUM STUDY AREA 15: MARE HUMORUM STUDY AREA 16: OCEANUS PROCELLARUM STUDY AREA 17: WESTERN LIMB