JOURNAL ARTICLE

Relatable Lunar Distances.

  • Published In: Sky & Telescope, 2023, v. 145, n. 6. P. 52 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Wood, Charles A. 3 of 3

Abstract

OBSERVING From Earth, we see the Moon as a thumb-sized, ½°-diameter disk in the sky. The younger Arizona cinder cones, like 938-yearold Sunset Crater, have deep pits at their summits, but as they age these craters and their rims erode, so they look more like the cone stumps in the Marius Hills. DIAGRAM: The San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona (a 50-km span of the eastern field is seen at right) is similar to the much larger mass of cinder cones that make up the Marius Hills on the Moon seen above (image width 400 km). [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Sky & Telescope. 2023/06, Vol. 145, Issue 6, p52
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0037-6604
  • Accession Number:163752713
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