¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 July 19 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/sNUNB6CMnE8?rel=0 Rotating Moon from LRO Video Credit: [3]NASA, [4]LRO, [5]Arizona State U. Explanation: No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. That's because the Earth's moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us [6]only one side. Given modern digital technology, however, combined with many detailed images returned by the [7]Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a high resolution virtual [8]Moon rotation movie has been composed. The [9]featured time-lapse video starts with the standard Earth [10]view of the Moon. Quickly, though, [11]Mare Orientale, a large crater with a dark center that is difficult to see from the Earth, rotates into view just below the equator. From an entire [12]lunar month condensed into 24 seconds, the video clearly shows that the Earth side of [13]the Moon contains an abundance of [14]dark lunar maria, while the lunar far side is dominated by bright [15]lunar highlands. Currently, over [16]19 new missions to the Moon are under active development from eight different countries, most of which have expected launch dates in the next three years. Notable Images of Comet NEOWISE Submitted to APOD: July || [17]18 || [18]17 || [19]16 || [20]15 || [21]14 || [22]13 || [23]12 || [24]11 || [25]10 & earlier || Tomorrow's picture: comet tale __________________________________________________________________ [26]< | [27]Archive | [28]Submissions | [29]Index | [30]Search | [31]Calendar | [32]RSS | [33]Education | [34]About APOD | [35]Discuss | [36]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [37]Robert Nemiroff ([38]MTU) & [39]Jerry Bonnell ([40]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [41]Specific rights apply. [42]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [43]ASD at [44]NASA / [45]GSFC & [46]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sNUNB6CMnE8?rel=0 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 5. http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/ 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p33_tUHDkMY 7. http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/ 8. http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/790-A-Unique-View-Of-The-Moon.html 9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUNB6CMnE8 10. http://www.google.com/moon/ 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110312.html 12. http://www.universetoday.com/19699/does-the-moon-rotate/ 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160201.html 14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_maria_on_the_Moon 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Moon#Highlands 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_the_Moon#Funded_lunar_probe_missions_currently_under_development 17. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2780194295418105 18. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2777399215697613 19. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2774271299343738 20. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2771109812993220 21. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2768509129919955 22. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2765647693539432 23. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2762832093820992 24. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2759891040781764 25. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2741239435980258 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200718.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 30. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 35. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200719 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200720.html 37. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 38. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 39. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 40. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 41. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 42. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 43. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 44. https://www.nasa.gov/ 45. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 46. http://www.mtu.edu/