Open AccessThe origin of the Moon
Author(s) -
D. J. Stevenson,
Alex N. Halliday
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074
H-Index - 169
eISSN - 1471-2962
pISSN - 1364-503X
DOI - 10.1098/rsta.2014.0289
Subject(s) - surprise , galileo (satellite navigation) , astrobiology , history , astronomy , philosophy , classics , geology , physics , sociology , geodesy , communication
The Moon has been an issue of deep fascination for centuries, particularly for the Royal Society. Modern astronomy can be said to have started with Galileo's observations of the Moon and the surprise discovery that it was not smooth, as was assumed based on the then accepted concept of perfect
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