Daughter Of The Earth
r T''IIIS moon, according to astronomers, X was once a part of the earth, and was thrown off from her, millions of years ago, where the Pacific Ocean iiow lies. Iler average distance away is 230,000 miles, and sire tiles through space at just over half a mile per second! Her diameter is about quarter of the earth, or 2157 miles. If we could imagine ourselves there, a person who weighed 12 stone her* would only be about 14 stone on the moon’s surface. There is no air upon our satellite, but it has not yet been definitely proved that life is absent. If any reader cun borrow a telescope or a powerful pair of field glasses, have u look at the new moon through them and you will see. quite plttinky, the craters near the edges. It you watch long enough, you will notice the shadows gradually lengthening she sets.—Original, by Aussie (17), Palmerston North.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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160Daughter Of The Earth Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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