水星与地球的卫星月球看上去有些相似,只是它更大,密度更高,表面引力几乎是月球的两倍。
Larger, denser, and with almost twice the surface gravity of Earth's moon, Mercury still looks moon-like at first glance.
今天晚上地球的天然卫星月球在其轨道上离地球仅有356575公里远,这使得月球处于离地球最近的位置上,而这也是极为罕见的有关月球的事件。
Tonight's rare lunar occurrence, when Earth's natural satellite is only a mere 356, 575 kilometers out in orbit, brings the moon to its closest position to Earth.
所有其他的东西真的是令人吃惊的,”安东尼Coleprete,美国国家航空航天局的首席科学家观测和遥感卫星月球坑(LCROSS)的使命,对探索新闻。
All the other stuff was really startling, " Anthony Coleprete, lead scientist for NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission, told Discovery News.
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