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A LITTLE SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING

A small discovery. Yours to pass on.

ScienceOne small ahaSpace object

Earth's natural satellite

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Your new ahaThe Moon

The Moon rotates once for each orbit, so roughly the same hemisphere faces Earth. Source: Moon

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