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The science of obsessing over a rock that controls Earth's tides from afar.

named forSelene, Greek goddess of the moon
older than spaceflightGalileo mapped lunar craters by telescope in 1609
moonquakes existApollo seismometers caught the moon rumbling
drifting awayThe moon retreats 3.8 centimeters yearly
far sideHumans never saw it until 1959
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