Wednesday 16 September 2015

NASA's LRO discovers Earth's pull is 'massaging' our moon

MOON DAILY
NASA's LRO discovers Earth's pull is 'massaging' our moon
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 16, 2015 - Earth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks, according to new results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. In August, 2010, researchers using images from LRO's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) reported the discovery of 14 cliffs known as "lobate scarps" on the moon's surface, in addition to about 70 ... more


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