Re: Was Apollo seen close to the Moon?

From: Chris L Peterson (clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:23:31 GMT

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:13:25 +0000, Steve <steve@astronomycentre.org.uk> wrote:

>How ? "The dark side" is usually the (erroneous) description of the far
>side of the moon.

Yes, but "the dark side" is actually the (not erroneous) description of the side
of the Moon that is away from the Sun, parts of which are, of course, perfectly
visible from the Earth most of the time.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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