Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Gassendi |
A lunar crater, 100 kilometres 60 miles in diameter, on the northern border of the Mare Humorum. Clefts cross the crater floor and there are multiple peaks. Gassendi has been particularly associated with the search for transient lunar phenomena.
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