Patrick Moore's Guide to the Moon

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I can’t remember the first time I looked at the Moon, nor when I realised that it was a hunk of rock rather than a ball of cheese. As far back as I can recall it has always been there, a fact as plain as the sky is blue, a constant companion as Earth falls through its orbit around the Sun. I suspect I’m not alone, nor that I’m the only one to have taken for granted what a marvellous world it really is – not just a silvery orb, but a place of intricate landscapes riddled with countless craters, lofty peaks and scything valleys. A world that never turns away from Earth, but looks different every single day. Yet in astronomy we have a habit of regarding our neighbour as something of a nuisance, its bright glare a barrier to the dimmer delights beyond. In this volume we will, I hope, show you why the Moon has enraptured the human race over the centuries.