4. What percentage of the Moon's surface can be seen (at
least occasionally) from the Earth?
Answer:
(B) 59 percent. This seems paradoxical until you realize
that the Moon wobbles slightly, a phenomenon called libration that allows us,
on occasion, to peek just over the normal horizon. A very basic explanation
for libration is that the Earth is not at the exact center of the Moon's
orbit.
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