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Phenomenon discovered by Apollo astronauts
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moonquake
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Moonquake is a game written by Paul Taylor and originally published/released on the December 1992 Archimedes World coverdisc. Moonquake is a Bomberman clone for Acorn Computers . The game is based on the moon, a meteor impact damages the moonbase and you ...
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n. A seismic event occurring on the moon; the lunar equivalent of an earthquake.
Usage examples of moonquake.
At the moment, Sam was seated in a balloon-tired mooncar, watching as a crew sprayed liquid plastic over the walls and floor of a trench, stabilizing it against movement even under the occasional prod of a moonquake, sealing it against any possibility of leaking air.
No floods, no fires, no storms, a major moonquake is a minor earthquake -- and significant meteor impacts happen once a millennium.
The five seismograph stations of the Passive Seismic Experiment set up between1969and1977 as part of the United States Apollo Program detected up to 3,000 moonquakes every year.
Apollo lunar seismometers have found that moonquakes are most common during lunar perigee, when the Earth is closest to the Moon, and there are at least some hints of earthquakes at the same time.