re: But there is a dark side!;)

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Raoul — 12/6/2004 7:16:54 PM (archived)

Today it runs from Mare Cognitum to an area (and many others too) called Pannekoek (pancake in dutch)...It continuously travels around the Moon at 13 km/h, limited by terminators; it's sometimes facing Earth when the Moon is "New" and coincides with farside when it's Full Moon!

Digging a bit deeper, it's interesting to note the english language commonly uses both words "dark" and "far" sides, adding to the confusion, while there's only a "Face Cachee de la Lune" (hidden side of the Moon) and never "sombre" or "eloignee" (dark and far) in french.

Raoul

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"Dark side of the Moon?" - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 5:50:05 PM
- That phrase does not bother me - alcaray - 12/7/2004 12:03:29 AM
  - Good point. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 3:43:46 AM
- "cloaked in perpetual darkness!" (n/t) (n/t) - Arthur Smith - 12/6/2004 10:11:24 PM
  - Of course, looked at from the entertainment industry's point of view... - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 10:51:33 PM
- They could just call it "The Far Side of the Moon". (n/t) - Delbert - 12/6/2004 9:23:48 PM
- Hey, no one beat up Pink Floyd when they made the same mistake - Larry J - 12/6/2004 6:54:48 PM
  - re: Hey, no one beat up Pink Floyd when they made the same mistake - LJ - 12/6/2004 8:26:14 PM
  - re: But there is a dark side!;) - Raoul - 12/6/2004 7:16:54 PM
    - Sure, and there's a dark side of the Earth, too - Larry J - 12/6/2004 7:33:50 PM
      - "... with scattered light toward morning." (n/t) - Fox - 12/9/2004 4:55:06 PM

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