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How Planets Are Born

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This animation shows how material around a young star is shaped into planets over billions of years. Credit: NASA VizLab

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Spend the next month getting to know the Moon. Set aside some time each day to look at the Moon, and record your observations in the log.
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Every Moon phase in 2023.
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Video showing the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2023, at hourly intervals.
Moon Phase and Libration 2023
Download these slides about Apollo 17 and adapt them to your audience and setting. 
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Apollo 17 Presentation
The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse.
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Animation of the Moon phases at various times during the eclipse on November 8, 2022, UTC
Total Lunar Eclipse November 2022
Check out this slide deck to learn about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, what the spacecraft has discovered during more than a decade of lunar exploration, and ways to get involved in NAS...
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Science Results

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