What are the months called in China?

What are the months called in China? Months of Year in Chinese 一月 yī yuè January 二月 èr yuè February 三月 sān yuè March 四月 sì yuè April 五月 wǔ yuè May Why are months based on the moon? The traditional concept arose with the cycle of Moon phases; such lunar months (“lunations”) are synodic […]

Is light reflected by the moon?

Is light reflected by the moon? The moon shines because its surface reflects light from the sun. And despite the fact that it sometimes seems to shine very brightly, the moon reflects only between 3 and 12 percent of the sunlight that hits it. The perceived brightness of the moon from Earth depends on where […]

Did the moon ever have a thick atmosphere?

Did the moon ever have a thick atmosphere? In October 2017, NASA scientists at the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston announced their finding, based on studies of Moon magma samples retrieved by the Apollo missions, that the Moon had once possessed a relatively thick atmosphere for a period […]

Is it possible to poop on the Moon?

Is it possible to poop on the Moon? With the Apollo 11 moon landing, astronauts took that microbial life to the most extreme environment it has ever been in. Which means the human feces on the moon — along with bags of urine, food waste, vomit, and other waste that also might contain microbial life […]

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