far side
noun
1
: the farther side
the far side of the lake
2
or farside
: the side of the moon away from the earth
the lunar farside
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First, notice that in this half-month the moon starts on the far side of the Earth and ends up closer to the sun (that's half an orbit around Earth).
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Rhett Allain, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
In June, for example, a Chinese lunar lander named Chang’e 6 successfully collected rocks and soil from the moon’s far side – something no other country has done – and returned them to earth for study.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
And, with China returning the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, scientists are on the verge of unlocking new information about the Moon’s evolution and cosmic history.
—Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
In the 1980s, astronomers discovered a radiating system of ripple-like furrows exceeding 1,000 miles in diameter at the center of the moon’s far side.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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Rhett Allain, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
In June, for example, a Chinese lunar lander named Chang’e 6 successfully collected rocks and soil from the moon’s far side – something no other country has done – and returned them to earth for study.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
And, with China returning the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, scientists are on the verge of unlocking new information about the Moon’s evolution and cosmic history.
—Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
In the 1980s, astronomers discovered a radiating system of ripple-like furrows exceeding 1,000 miles in diameter at the center of the moon’s far side.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Far side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20side. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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