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Why is the moon getting smaller?

Mornings with Simi

English - February 15, 2024 14:40 - 7 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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The Moon is quietly shrinking due to its cooling process, gradually reducing in size by about 45 meters every few hundred million years.
Guest: Dr. Tom Watters, Planetary Scientist at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air And Space Museum
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The Moon is quietly shrinking due to its cooling process, gradually reducing in size by about 45 meters every few hundred million years.

Guest: Dr. Tom Watters, Planetary Scientist at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air And Space Museum

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