实验室今晚组织观月活动,近距离看到了月亮和金星,金星看起来就像一个小月牙一样,Eric说像香蕉。 看到超级望远镜astronomical telescope,好兴奋。<div><br></div> 参观了空间物理实验室。 能看到月亮上的环形坑,但是没这么清楚。<div>临时组织的活动快速搜集资料,给Eric打印了图片,大概讲了一下月亮的一些小知识和月相。</div> <div><b>1. Earth-Sun-Moon</b></div> The Moon orbits the Earth and in turn, the Earth orbits the Sun. We see the Universe from a platform that is both rotating on its axis, and traveling in an elliptical orbit around the Sun. The Earth's rotation on its axis makes the Sun rise in the east and set in the west, and is a big part of why the Moon rises and sets too; although the Moon takes 29 days to complete an orbit around the Earth as well.<div><b>2. Introduction about moon</b></div> Moon is the only location outside of our planet that human beings have personally visited and set foot. Our moon is the largest and brightest object in our sky.<br>The moon's gravity pulls on our oceans giving us our tides, and is believed to be a major reason why life has thrived so well on Earth. Our moon is one of 190 or more moons that are orbiting in our solar system and is the fifth largest of all.<br><b>3. Phases of the Moon</b> The phases of the Moon are the different ways the Moon looks from Earth over about a month. As the Moon orbits around the Earth, the half of the Moon that faces the Sun will be lit up. The different shapes of the lit portion of the Moon that can be seen from Earth are known as phases of the Moon. Each phase repeats itself every 29.5 days.<br> The same half of the Moon always faces the Earth, so the phases will always occur over the same half of the Moon's surface. <b>Phases</b>:There are 8 phases that the moon goes through.<br> <b>A new moon新月</b> is when the Moon cannot be seen because we are looking at the unlit half of the Moon. The new moon phase occurs when the Moon is directly between the Earth and Sun. A solar eclipse can only happen at new moon.<br> <b>A waxing crescent moon娥眉月</b> is when the Moon looks like crescent and the crescent increases ("waxes") in size from one day to the next. This phase usually is only seen in the west.<br> <b>The first quarter moon上弦月</b> (or a half moon) is when half of the lit portion of the Moon is visible after the waxing crescent phase.<br> <b>A waxing gibbous moon盈凸月</b> occurs when more than half of the lit portion of the Moon can be seen and the shape increases ("waxes") in size from one day to the next. The waxing gibbous phase occurs between the first quarter and full moon phases.<br> <b>A full moon满月</b> is when we can see the entire lit portion of the Moon. The full moon phase occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun, called opposition. A lunar eclipse can only happen at full moon.<br> <b>A waning gibbous moon张弦月</b> occurs when more than half of the lit portion of the Moon can be seen and the shape decreases ("wanes") in size from one day to the next. The waning gibbous phase occurs between the full moon and third quarter phases.<br> <b>The last quarter moon下弦月</b> (or a half moon) is when half of the lit portion of the Moon is visible after the waning gibbous phase.<br> <b>A waning crescent moon娥眉月</b> is when the Moon looks like the crescent and the crescent decreases ("wanes") in size from one day to the next.<br> <b>4. Supermoon</b><br>A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that approximately coincides with the closest distance that the Moon reaches to Earth in its orbit, resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth.<br><div><b>5. Could Life Exist on the moon?</b><br>Earth's moon has been visited by humans many times and throughout the explorations we have found no evidence that indicates life as we know it could thrive, adapt, and live. However humans will probably use the moon in the future as a base for colonization.<br></div> 观月表格打印出来继续观察月相。