Eclipse Observations of the Lunar Atmosphere from the TNG Site
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Abstract
Interest in eclipses of the Moon dates at least to the time of the Stonehengers (Hawkins and While, 1965). Yet, aside from a desire to be able to predict their occurrence, lunar eclipses were not a major area of study to the ancients. A notable exception was Aristotle who used, in the modern sense of scientific research, lunar eclipses for one of his proofs of the sphericity of the Earth. Having described eclipses as a consequence of the Moon passing through the shadow of the Earth, he went on to note that the shadow cast by the Earth always appeared curved, implying that the object casting the shadow had to be round (Berry, 1961).
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Lunar Regolith Lunar Eclipse Eclipse Observation Terrestrial Magnetosphere Lunar Atmosphere
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