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Roman Mikhailov

New star cluster NGC 602

The Hyades is a scattered star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. The cluster is 45 parsecs distant and closest to Earth, and has an apparent magnitude of 0.5m. The tidal radius of the Hyades is 9 parsecs, but many…

Satellite photographed lunar eclipse

Moon Natural satellite Radius: 1,737.1 km Popular request Age: 4.53E9 years Distance to Earth: 384 400 km Acceleration of gravity: 1.62 m/s² Density: 3.34 g/cm³ Revolving around: Earth The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth. The closest…