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    According to the Oxford dictionary, “A hero is a person who is admired by many people for doing something brave or good” (n.d.). A hero is an inspirational figure that people try to imitate their actions and have a strong desire to be like them. Moreover, A hero is a person who thrives to reach to the peak of the mountain and inspire people to follow his/her footsteps. “A hero is as an individual that take action on behalf of others in need, or in defense of integrity or a moral cause” (Dilbeck

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    Cycle Of The Dark Moon

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    The sun always illuminates one half of the moon, as the sun rotates we may or not be able to see the illuminated section of the moon. This process creates the “phases” of the moon that we see in the sky every month. Magickally we recognize six phases that change what type of magic we perform during these times. The first phase, the dark moon, is when the moon is completely shadowed by the earth and not visible to the naked eye. This phase only lasts one night and is a time that is generally associated

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    The moon is Earth’s only natural satellite and light source during the night. As of today, not only does the moon hold these two positions, but it also represents a variety of symbols as well. For instance, it is known as a feminine symbol due to its lunar cycle being analogous to the phases of human maturation (Protas). “The new moon is infancy, the crescent is youth and adolescence, the full moon is maturity and pregnancy, and the waning moon represents the decline of life, sleep” (Protas). In

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    Solar Eclipse Lab

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    and moon aligns. Also, an eclipse means to block. For instance, a solar eclipse is when the sun is being blocked by the moon causing the earth to receive no sunlight. A lunar eclipse is when the moon is being blocked by the earth, preventing the light from the sun reach the moon. My hypothesis is correct. All of these factors mentioned is what causes lunar and solar eclipses. There are two types of solar eclipses. A total solar eclipse and partial eclipse. During a solar eclipse, the moon goes in

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    the first person to walk and get all the way to the moon. Neil Armstrong created the inspiration for people to do what they want to do, he persisted to innovate overcoming the doubt, it was possible, and illuminated the world by giving them inspiration to do their own thing. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He created the Possibility so other astronauts to could walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong’s footprint is still on the moon (biography.com editors). Other cosmonauts might want

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    Apollo 11 Research Paper

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    carried samples of the moon’s surface back to earth, the rocks and sediments has shown something incredible. It contained clues to how Earth and the Moon formed as well as the history of the Sun. The scientists looked for what life would be like if humans could live on the moon. The Apollo 11 mission brought back the first geologic samples from the Moon back to Earth. Astronauts collected twenty-two kilograms of material which acquired samples of the lunar "soil," fifty rock samples and two core tubes

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    earth’s moon is one that is truly unique. With a given age of about 4.5 billion years the Earth serves a major role in real life and in the book Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. When catastrophe strikes, Earth takes a turn for the worst and great natural disasters occur. Thousands die, but there are a number of survivors. If there are survivors, how beneficial is the moon actually? What would happen if the moon had been destroyed? How necessary is it for human survival? The Moon, is a great

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    1610 on the 7th of January four moons, called the Galilean moons were discovered by Galileo Galilei. Using his homemade telescope he observed them for many nights, he drew notes and recorded the movement in a journal (Figure 3). Ganymede is one of the largest, most well-known moons of Jupiter and it is also the largest satellite in our solar system. It is larger than Mercury and Pluto, and three quarters the size of Mars. If Ganymede didn’t orbit Jupiter as moon it would easily be classified as

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    The Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos were discovered in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall who was working for the US Naval Observatory at the time. Using the largest telescope at the time, the USNO 66-cm refracting telescope, he was able to visually see Phobos and Deimos. Hall on the suggestion of Henry Madan, Science Master of Eton College, used Homer’s Illiad, to name the two moons Phobos meaning Panic or Fear and Deimos meaning Terror or Dread. Phobos and Deimos being the attendants or sons

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    thousand years ago in the fifth century the Mayans came out with the first calendars. There are three types of basic calendars that are being used today they are solar, lunar and the lunisolar/solilunar calendars. A solar calendar can be identified by the Sun. This calendar is also based on Earth’s orbit around the Sun. “Lunar calendars are based on the moon rotation around the Earth. This type of calendar is used usually for religious dates or purposes” (InpaperMagazine 2013). On the other hand

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