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Tag Archives: Apollo
Lunar Tick!
John Fitzgerald Kennedy said, “Why the moon . . . ?” Yes, why the moon? What is our fascination with our neighboring orbital satellite? Some reasons are obvious. As a nighttime astrological feature, it’s the biggest and brightest. It pulls … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy Fun, Real life, Science
Tagged Apollo, astronomy, imagination, Kenndedy, moom landing, moon, mystery
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Topsy Turvy World
Why is Australia the land “down under?” Who determined the North Pole is the top of the world instead of the bottom? Personally, I blame the Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus who arbitrarily placed North at the top of maps about … Continue reading
Posted in It's part of the language!, Science
Tagged Apollo, Greek, land down under, mathematics, North, Ptolemy, South, world map
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