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1 day ago · This synodic period or synodic month is commonly known as the lunar month and is equal to the length of the solar day on the Moon. Due to tidal locking, the Moon has a 1:1 spin–orbit resonance. This rotation–orbit ratio makes the Moon's orbital periods around Earth equal to its corresponding rotation periods.
- Natural Satellite
Terminology. The first known natural satellite was the Moon,...
- Moon (Disambiguation)
Celestial bodies. Natural satellite or moon (generic); Moon,...
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- Far Side of The Moon
Photograph of the far side of the Moon, with Mare Orientale...
- Near Side of The Moon
The names of the major maria and some craters on the near...
- Tidal Locking
The 583.92-day interval between successive close approaches...
- Planetary-Mass Object
Planetary-mass satellites larger than Pluto, the largest...
- Satellite Planet
Planetary-mass moons larger than Pluto, the largest Solar...
- List of Proposed Missions to The Moon
A replica of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land on the...
- Orbit of The Moon
The Moon orbits Earth in the prograde direction and...
- Natural Satellite
1 day ago · The path that Venus makes in relation to Earth viewed geocentrically draws a pentagram over five synodic periods, shifting every period by 144°. This pentagram of Venus is sometimes referred to as the petals of Venus due to the path's visual similarity to a flower.
1 day ago · This is because, coincidentally, Mercury's rotation period is almost exactly half of its synodic period with respect to Earth. Due to Mercury's 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, a solar day lasts about 176 Earth days. A sidereal day (the period of rotation) lasts about 58.7 Earth days.
3 days ago · Phobos's phases, inasmuch as they can be observed from Mars, take 0.3191 days (Phobos's synodic period) to run their course, a mere 13 seconds longer than Phobos's sidereal period.
1 day ago · The Hebrew calendar ( Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized : HaLuah HaIvri ), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of public Torah readings.
1 day ago · This name comes from the Proto-Indo-European vocative compound *Dyēu-pəter (nominative: *Dyēus-pətēr, meaning "Father Sky-God", or "Father Day-God"). As the supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and was called the god of light and sky.
1 day ago · A cycle starting from one Full Moon to its next counterpart, termed the synodic month or lunar month, lasts about 29.5 days. Though a Full Moon only occurs during the exact moment when Earth,...
