Friday, August 04, 2006

Moon's odd bulge may betray a turbulent history

New Scientist SPACE - Breaking News - Moon's odd bulge may betray a turbulent history

I especially like the line in the article, about how scary-clever Laplace was, in analysing the subtle wobbles in the Moon's spin and orbit, in 1799, and determining that there were variations in the Moon's gravity field.

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