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It is my first time to say hello and do some self introduction to everybody here online. My name is Ashis.P.Donthi, male, 27, from Bangalore, India. I like reading, and do some collections in my spare time.

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It is my first time to say hello and do some self introduction to everybody here online. My name is Ashis.P.Donthi, male, 27, from Bangalore, India. I like reading, and do some collections in my spare time.

About Me

It is my first time to say hello and do some self introduction to everybody here online. My name is Ashis.P.Donthi, male, 27, from Bangalore, India. I like reading, and do some collections in my spare time.

About Me

It is my first time to say hello and do some self introduction to everybody here online. My name is Ashis.P.Donthi, male, 27, from Bangalore, India. I like reading, and do some collections in my spare time.

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It is my first time to say hello and do some self introduction to everybody here online. My name is Ashis.P.Donthi, male, 27, from Bangalore, India. I like reading, and do some collections in my spare time.

Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Blue Moon


A miracle in the sky happened on 31 Dec 2009. The blue moon brightened up more on that night for the excitement of all the people. Though it is mentioned as blue moon the moon was not in blue color. According to the Indians, if the occurrence of the full moon is happened second time in a month, it is called as the Blue Moon. Actually in a year the full moon appears for 12 times but sometimes, it appears 13 times for every 2 to 3 years. This incident happened on December 2nd and again this took place on 31st of this month. All this information is passed on by the Science Popularization Association of Communication and Educators which is one of the important organizations for the special researches. In general, the moon appears blue in color when the sky is covered with a lot of dust and snow. But this process is totally different from this idea of getting the blue moon when it is covered by dust or snow. According to the special research center, it takes nearly 29.53 days to form a full moon which in terms can be called as one month. By this we can say that for every one month one full moon appears. But the moon which is left for the whole year forms as a second moon after 2 to 3 years which is called as the Blue Moon. After this formation of the blue moon on 31st again it happens on November 21, 2010 and August 21, 2010. So it is going to be a great experience for the people on 31st to watch this wonder which happens after many years.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Moon Missions

Various lunar expeditions down the years.

September 1959: First successful hard landing on the Moon by Luna 2 of the USSR.

December 1968: Apollo 8 me the US becomes the first spacecraft carrying humans to orbit the Moon.

July 20 1969: Neil Armstrong, commander of the US mission Apollo 11, becomes the first man to walk on Moon.

November 1970: The first robotic rover Lunokhod 1 part of the Luna 17 mission of the USSR makes a successful Moon landing.

August 1976: Luna 24 of the USSR returns to Earth, making it the last major lunar mission till 1990

January 1990: Japan's Hiten orbits the Moon, making it the third country after USSR and the US to do so.

September 2003: European Space Agency launches a small, low cost lunar orbiter SMART-1.

2007: Japan launches its lunar orbiter, Selene, for mapping of lunar topography and to study the geological evolution of the Moon.

2007: The first phase of China's Lunar Exploration Programme initiated with the launch of its unmanned lunar mission, Chang'e 1.

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