Back in the 1960s, Mikhail Vasin and Alexander Shcherbakov of the USSR Academy of Sciences put forward the hypothesis that our satellite was actually artificially created.
This hypothesis has eight main postulates, popularly called "riddles", which analyze some of the most amazing moments regarding the satellite.
Is the moon an artificial satellite? The first mystery of the moon: artificial moon or cosmic exchange

In fact, the orbit of motion and the size of the Moon's satellite are physically almost impossible. If it were natural, one could argue that this is an extremely strange "whim" of the cosmos. This is due to the fact that the magnitude of the Moon is equal to a quarter of the magnitude of the Earth, and the ratio of the magnitudes of the satellite and the planet is always many times smaller. The distance from the Moon to the Earth is such that the sizes of the Sun and the Moon are visually the same. This allows us to observe such a rare phenomenon as a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely covers the Sun. The same mathematical impossibility holds for the masses of both celestial bodies. If the Moon were a body that at some point was attracted by the Earth and acquired a natural orbit, then this orbit would be expected to be elliptical. Instead, it is strikingly round.
The second mystery of the moon: the implausible curvature of the surface of the moon


The incredible curvature that the surface of the Moon possesses is inexplicable. The moon is not a round body. The results of geological studies lead to the conclusion that this planetoid is actually a hollow ball. Although it is, scientists still fail to explain how the Moon can have such a strange structure without being destroyed. One of the explanations proposed by the aforementioned scientists is that the lunar crust was made from a solid titanium framework. Indeed, it has been proven that the lunar crust and rocks have extraordinary levels of titanium content. According to Russian scientists Vasin and Shcherbakov, the thickness of the titanium layer is 30 km.
The Third Mystery of the Moon: Lunar Craters


The explanation for the presence of a huge number of meteorite craters on the surface of the Moon is widely known - the absence of an atmosphere. Most of the cosmic bodies that are trying to penetrate the Earth meet kilometers of atmosphere on their way, and everything ends with the “aggressor” disintegrating. The moon does not have the ability to protect its surface from the scars left by all the meteorites crashing into it - craters of various sizes. What remains inexplicable is the shallow depth to which the aforementioned bodies were able to penetrate. Indeed, it looks as if a layer of extremely strong substance did not allow meteorites to penetrate into the center of the satellite. Even craters with a diameter of 150 kilometers do not exceed 4 kilometers deep into the moon. This feature is inexplicable in terms of normal observations that there should be craters at least 50 km deep.
The fourth riddle of the moon: "lunar seas"


How did the so-called "lunar seas" form? These gigantic areas of solid lava that comes from the interior of the Moon could easily be explained if the Moon were a hot planet with a liquid interior where they could originate from meteorite impacts. But physically much more likely is that the Moon, judging by its size, has always been a cold body. Another mystery is the location of the "lunar seas". Why are 80% of them on the visible side of the moon?
The Fifth Mystery of the Moon: Mascons


The gravitational pull on the Moon's surface is not uniform. This effect had already been noted by the Apollo VIII crew as they circled the lunar seas. Mascons (from "Mass Concentration" - concentration of mass) are places where matter is believed to exist in greater density or in large quantities. This phenomenon is closely related to the lunar seas, since the mascons are located under them.
The Sixth Mystery of the Moon: Geographical Asymmetry


A rather shocking fact in science, which still cannot be explained, is the geographical asymmetry of the Moon's surface. The famous "dark" side of the Moon has many more craters, mountains and landforms. In addition, as we have already mentioned, most of the seas, on the contrary, are on the side that we can see.
The Seventh Mystery of the Moon: The Low Density of the Moon


The density of our satellite is 60% of the density of the Earth. This fact, together with various studies, proves that the Moon is a hollow object. Moreover, several scientists have ventured to suggest that the aforementioned cavity is artificial. In fact, given the location of the surface layers that have been identified, scientists claim that the Moon looks like a planet that formed "in reverse", and some use this as an argument in favor of the "artificial casting" theory.
The Eighth Riddle of the Moon: Origins


In the last century, three theories of the origin of the moon were conditionally accepted for a long time. At present, most of the scientific community has accepted the hypothesis of the artificial origin of the planetoid of the Moon as no less justified than others.
One theory suggests that the Moon is a fragment of the Earth. But the enormous differences in the nature of these two bodies make this theory practically untenable.
Another theory is that this celestial body was formed at the same time as the Earth, from the same cloud of cosmic gas. But the previous conclusion is also valid in relation to this judgment, since the Earth and the Moon would have to have at least a similar structure.
The third theory suggests that, while wandering through space, the Moon fell into the earth's gravity, which caught and turned it into its "captive". The big flaw with this explanation is that the Moon's orbit is practically circular and cyclic. With such a phenomenon (when the satellite is "caught" by the planet), the orbit would be sufficiently removed from the center or, at least, would be a kind of ellipsoid.
The fourth assumption is the most improbable of all, but, in any case, it can explain the various anomalies that are associated with the Earth's satellite, since if the Moon was constructed by intelligent beings, then the physical laws to which it is subject to action would not be equally applicable to other celestial bodies.
The riddles of the Moon put forward by the scientists Vasin and Shcherbakov are only some of the real physical estimates of the anomalies of the Moon. In addition, there are many other video, photo evidence and studies that give confidence to those who think about the possibility that our "natural" satellite is not one.
Recently, a controversial video appeared on the network, which will be interesting within the framework of the topic under consideration:
Description for the video:
This video is made from Germany and filmed over 4 days starting July 7, 2014. It is clearly seen how waves “run through” the surface of the Moon, or rather a strip, and this is similar to how the image of the lunar surface that we see from Earth is updated.
No matter how crazy it may sound, but precisely such bands have been noticed more than once when shooting with various video cameras and telescopes. I think anyone with a good zoom camcorder will be able to see the same thing.
And how can you explain this, may I ask? In my opinion, several explanations are possible, and all of them will not please the adherents of the generally accepted picture of the world.
1. There is no Moon in the Earth's orbit at all, but there is only a flat projection (hologram) that creates the appearance of its presence. Moreover, this projection is technically quite primitive, judging by the fact that its creators were forced to create exactly a flat projection, and that is why the moon is turned to us on one side. This is simply saving resources to maintain the visible part of the moon.
2. In the orbit of the Earth, there is indeed an object whose dimensions correspond to the "Moon" visible to us from the Earth, but in fact what we see is only a hologram - a disguise created over the object. By the way, this explains why no one flies to the Moon. I think all the states that have sent their spacecraft to the "Moon" are well aware that under the guise of what we see from the Earth, there is something completely different.
In favor of these versions, those facts that have long been surprising in their illogicality fit in:
- Why does humanity send spacecraft into deep space, but completely ignores the planet closest to us.
- Why are all the photographs of the moon transmitted by earth satellites of such disgusting quality.
- Why astronomers with perfect telescopes cannot take pictures of the lunar surface in quality comparable even with pictures from Mars or from earth satellites. Why are satellites flying in Earth's orbit capable of taking a photograph of the surface on which the car number is visible, and lunar satellites take pictures of the surface in such a resolution that the tongue cannot be called photography.
In addition, we present two excerpts from RenTV films on the theme of the Moon. The reputation of this channel is known to everyone, however, the information provided is useful for analyzing the arguments proposed above.

Back in the 1960s, Mikhail Vasin and Alexander Shcherbakov of the USSR Academy of Sciences put forward the hypothesis that our satellite was actually artificially created.

This hypothesis has eight main postulates, popularly called "riddles", which analyze some of the most amazing moments regarding the satellite.

Because of the issue of time and scientific accuracy, we will put aside most of the reflections on the nature of the luminary in order to concentrate on specific dilemmas that continue to be puzzles in modern science.

In fact, the orbit of motion and the size of the Moon's satellite are physically almost impossible. If it were natural, one could argue that this is an extremely strange "whim" of the cosmos. This is due to the fact that the magnitude of the Moon is equal to a quarter of the magnitude of the Earth, and the ratio of the magnitudes of the satellite and the planet is always many times smaller.

The distance from the Moon to the Earth is such that the sizes of the Sun and the Moon are visually the same. This allows us to observe such a rare phenomenon as a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely covers the Sun. The same mathematical impossibility holds for the masses of both celestial bodies.

If the Moon were a body that at some point was attracted by the Earth and acquired a natural orbit, then this orbit would be expected to be elliptical. Instead, it is strikingly round.

The second mystery of the moon: the implausible curvature of the surface of the moon

The incredible curvature that the surface of the Moon possesses is inexplicable. The moon is not a round body. The results of geological studies lead to the conclusion that this planetoid is actually a hollow ball. Although it is, scientists still fail to explain how the Moon can have such a strange structure without being destroyed.

One explanation offered by the aforementioned scientists is that the lunar crust was made from a solid titanium framework. Indeed, it has been proven that the lunar crust and rocks have extraordinary levels of titanium content. According to Russian scientists Vasin and Shcherbakov, the thickness of the titanium layer is 30 km.

The Third Mystery of the Moon: Lunar Craters

The explanation for the presence of a huge number of meteorite craters on the surface of the Moon is widely known - the absence of an atmosphere. Most of the cosmic bodies that are trying to penetrate the Earth encounter kilometers of atmosphere on their way, and everything ends with the “aggressor” disintegrating.

The moon does not have the ability to protect its surface from the scars left by all the meteorites crashing into it - craters of all sizes. What remains inexplicable is the shallow depth to which the aforementioned bodies were able to penetrate. Indeed, it looks as if a layer of extremely strong substance did not allow meteorites to penetrate into the center of the satellite.

Even craters with a diameter of 150 kilometers do not exceed 4 kilometers deep into the moon. This feature is inexplicable in terms of normal observations that there should be craters at least 50 km deep.

The Fourth Mystery of the Moon: "Lunar Seas"

How did the so-called "lunar seas" form? These gigantic areas of solid lava that comes from the interior of the Moon could easily be explained if the Moon were a hot planet with a liquid interior where they could originate from meteorite impacts. But physically it is much more likely that the Moon, judging by its size, has always been a cold body. Another mystery is the location of the "lunar seas". Why are 80% of them on the visible side of the moon?

The Fifth Mystery of the Moon: Mascons

The gravitational pull on the moon's surface is not uniform. This effect had already been noted by the Apollo VIII crew as they circled the lunar seas. Mascons (from "Mass Concentration" - concentration of mass) are places where, as it is believed, there is a substance of greater density or in large quantities. This phenomenon is closely related to the lunar seas, since the mascons are located under them.

The Sixth Mystery of the Moon: Geographical Asymmetry

A rather shocking fact in science, which still cannot be explained, is the geographical asymmetry of the Moon's surface. The famous "dark" side of the Moon has many more craters, mountains and landforms. In addition, as we have already mentioned, most of the seas, on the contrary, are on the side that we can see.

The Seventh Mystery of the Moon: The Low Density of the Moon

The density of our satellite is 60% of the density of the Earth. This fact, together with various studies, proves that the Moon is a hollow object. Moreover, several scientists have ventured to suggest that the aforementioned cavity is artificial.

In fact, given the location of the surface layers that have been identified, scientists argue that the Moon looks like a planet that formed "in reverse", and some use this as an argument in favor of the "artificial casting" theory.

The Eighth Riddle of the Moon: Origins

In the last century, three theories of the origin of the moon were conditionally accepted for a long time. At present, most of the scientific community has accepted the hypothesis of the artificial origin of the planetoid of the Moon as no less justified than others. One theory suggests that the Moon is a fragment of the Earth.

But the enormous differences in the nature of these two bodies make this theory practically untenable. Another theory is that this celestial body was formed at the same time as the Earth, from the same cloud of cosmic gas. But the previous conclusion is also valid in relation to this judgment, since the Earth and the Moon would have to have at least a similar structure.

The third theory suggests that, while wandering through space, the moon fell into the earth's gravity, which caught and turned it into its "captive". The big flaw with this explanation is that the Moon's orbit is practically circular and cyclic. With such a phenomenon (when the satellite is "caught" by the planet), the orbit would be sufficiently removed from the center, or at least would be a kind of ellipsoid.+

The fourth assumption is the most incredible of all, but in any case it can explain the various anomalies that are associated with the satellite of the Earth, since if the Moon was constructed by intelligent beings, then the physical laws to which it is subject to action would not be equally applicable to other celestial bodies.

The mysteries of the Moon put forward by the scientists Vasin and Shcherbakov are only some of the real physical estimates of the anomalies of the Moon. In addition, there are many other video, photo evidence and studies that give confidence to those who think about the possibility that our "natural" satellite is not one.

The moon is a satellite of our planet, which is a rather unusual space object, and even its exploration by automatic stations and the landing of astronauts on the surface of this cosmic body did not diminish its mystery. The mysteries of the Moon, the latest data on which are constantly updated, are not only among astronomers, but also among ufologists, amateur astronomers and individuals who are interested in everything mysterious. And if various hypotheses are proposed to explain mysterious observations and incomprehensible phenomena, then some observed paradoxes are not amenable to either scientific, logical, or paranormal explanation.

Moon - riddles and hypotheses

The mystery of some types of "moonquakes" has not been solved to date. Due to the absence of magmatic activity on our satellite, ground vibrations caused by volcanic activity or seismic activity should not be observed. However, an explanation was found for three types of "moonquakes":

• shocks caused by the fall of meteorites, small asteroids and other space "debris";
• soil vibrations caused by external gravitational influence, leading to deep movements of the lunar layers;
• thermal shocks that occur due to a sharp temperature drop caused by the thermal energy of the Sun.

However, according to NASA, the fourth type of oscillations is observed on the satellite of our planet - “moonquakes” with an amplitude of up to 5 points on the Richter scale. Their duration can reach tens of minutes, and no explanation has been found for them. American astronauts during one of the moon landings observed this phenomenon, and, according to their feelings, "... the moon rang like a church bell."

A mysterious substance, the origin of which is devoted to several hypotheses, is lunar dust. Organoleptically, it resembles an extremely abrasive wholemeal flour. According to the observations of American astronauts, due to the reduced gravitational field, the dust is highly fluid, tends to fill any fold, and upon contact with the human body causes a mysterious disease, which was dubbed "moon fever". Due to its abrasiveness and stickiness, it caused fears among the astronauts that during a long walk it could destroy the boots-boots of the spacesuits.

The topic of the presence of unidentified objects on the surface of the Moon is always relevant and popular among ufologists and lovers of paranormal phenomena, which they explain as traces of the activities of extraterrestrial civilizations or structures left over from aliens. A favorite subject of discussion are the lunar pyramids - structures of the correct geometric shape, quite accurately imitating their terrestrial counterparts. There is a lot of information about the observation of unidentified flying objects seen near the surface of our satellite. Some ufologists have observed an architectural structure in the form of a castle hovering above the lunar surface. But the most striking thing in these observations is not the very fact of discovering incomprehensible objects - the imagination of ufologists is rich, and you never know what can be seen after many hours of looking through a telescope. Neither the NASA specialists who launched the Apollo mission to the Moon, nor the Russian scientists who explored the Earth satellite with the help of the Luna and Lunokhod automatic stations, do not refute or comment on these observations. In addition, the Moon, the mysteries and hypotheses about which have at least some explanation, gives researchers a lot of reasons to think about those phenomena that cannot be clearly substantiated at the current level of development of science.

Unsolved mysteries of our satellite

The main mystery, which is of great interest to all inquisitive non-professional explorers of the Moon, is hidden not on it, but on our planet. Why, after intensive research in the 60s and 70s of the last century, they were frozen for almost half a century. In his book, the famous American astronomer Carl Sagan believes that the cave with a volume of 100 cubic kilometers discovered on the Moon during her research is an artificial cavity intended for the life and development of alien beings. And the alleged contact with them led to a ban on the study of our satellite.

At the same time, the mysteries of the Moon, the latest data on which are no less paradoxical, intriguing and raise a number of questions:

• it is not clear why expensive programs for the study of deep space are needed, when most of the lunar mysteries have not been solved;
• why, while getting great pictures of the rings of Saturn or the surface of Pluto, there are no high-resolution pictures of the lunar surface;
• if American and Russian spy satellites are able to "read" newspaper editorials, why don't similar spacecraft explore anomalous structures and formations on the Moon with the same accuracy.

Moon- the closest satellite of mankind in outer space and the only celestial body that we have visited. But despite its relative proximity to us and its apparent simplicity, our satellite continues to hide a lot, and some of them are worth learning about.

Optical illusion

Our satellite in the full moon radiates 12.6 units of brightness, while the Sun - 26.8. For some reason, the human eye "sees" the disk of the Moon much larger at the moment when it approaches the site to the horizon. But in fact, it is 1.5% less along with the Moon at its zenith. This is a kind of optical illusion, which we also observe in the example of the Sun. And it is not the atmosphere of the Earth that refracts light and increases the diameter of the stars.

Moonquakes

The moon has extremely low geological activity, but crustal movements occur there too. There are four types of moonquakes: the first three - deep moonquakes, fluctuations from meteorite impacts and thermal moonquakes caused by solar activity - are relatively harmless. And Type 4 moonquakes can be up to 5.5 on the Richter scale, enough to start shaking small objects. These shocks last for about ten minutes. Earthquakes on Earth are usually caused by the movement of tectonic plates, but there are simply no tectonic plates on the Moon, and we do not know what exactly causes moonquakes.

The moon is hollow inside

Above the "lunar site of the seas" found areas in which the gravity of our satellite is changed. This fact, as well as verification of the motion and specific gravity of the Moon, suggests that the Moon may be hollow inside. And even after the separation of part of the Apollo 13 rocket and its fall to the surface of the satellite, the Moon “oscillated” for about three hours up to 40 kilometers deep, as if hollow! At the same time, according to the astronauts, she "rang like a bell."

Lunar anomalies

Some images taken by various satellites show very strange artificial structures, ranging in size from very small, usually in the shape of a parallelepiped, to obelisks less than 1.5 km high.

moon dust

One of the most amazing and at the same time the most dangerous things on the moon is lunar dust. Instead of dust on the moon, there is crushed regolith rock. It is fine as flour, but very rough. Thanks to its texture and low gravity, the site it penetrates absolutely anywhere. NASA has had numerous problems with lunar dust: it tore apart astronauts' boots nearly completely, seeped into ships and spacesuits, and caused "moon hay fever" in astronauts if they inhaled it. Moon dust smells like burnt gunpowder, which is probably due to its meteorite origin. In the region of the lunar "oceans", its layer is 3 meters, and on the plateau it reaches 20.

moon shadows

When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the Moon, they made an amazing discovery: the shadows on the Moon are much darker than Earth's shadows due to the absence of an atmosphere. All moon shadows are completely black. As soon as the astronauts stepped into the shadows, they could no longer see their own feet, despite the disk of the sun glowing brightly in the sky. The shadows of the moon have plagued many of the Apollo missions. Some astronauts found it impossible to complete site maintenance tasks because they couldn't see what their hands were doing. Others thought that they had accidentally landed in a cave: this effect was created due to the shadows cast by the slopes.

Of course, the astronauts were able to adapt to this, but such a contrast between dark and light areas of the surface still remained a problem. Astronauts have noticed that some shadows - namely their own - have a halo. They later learned that the eerie phenomenon was due to the opposition effect, in which some dark shadow areas appear to have a bright halo, provided that the observer looks at the shadows at a certain angle.

Difficulties with low gravity

Although the gravity on the moon is only one-sixth that of the earth, it is difficult to move on its surface. Buzz Aldrin said that establishing settlements on the Moon would be extremely difficult: the legs of astronauts in bulky spacesuits were buried in lunar dust by almost a site of 15 cm. Despite low gravity, the inertia of a person on the Moon is high, so it is difficult to move quickly or change direction there. If the astronauts wanted to move faster, they had to jump like kangaroos, which was also a problem, since the Moon is full of craters and other dangerous objects.

Solar eclipse due to the moon

During a total solar eclipse, the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, and the lunar disk exactly coincides with the solar disk, covering it almost completely. This effect is due to an amazing coincidence: the diameter of the Sun is about 400 times the diameter of the Moon, but the distance from us to the Sun is also about 400 times greater, so from the Earth both luminaries seem approximately the same. This ratio of sizes and distances is unique for all the planets of the solar system and all their known satellites. Moreover, this coincidence happened precisely in our time, because the Moon is gradually moving away from the Earth, and after millions of years a total solar eclipse will no longer be visible.

Solar eclipse from the International Space Station:

A total solar eclipse was observed on November 14, 2013 in three Australian cities - Cairns, Port Douglas and Brisbane:

The following solar eclipses (2014-2017):

• October 23, 2014 21:45:39 Partial
• March 20, 2015 09:46:47 Full
• September 13, 2015 6:55:19 AM Partial
• March 9, 2016 1:58:19 AM Full
• September 1, 2016 09:08:02 Ring
• February 26, 2017 14:54:32 Ring
• August 21, 2017 18:26:40 Full

Moon eclipse

This is an eclipse that occurs when the Moon enters the cone of shadow cast by the Earth. The moon can be completely obscured, i.e. a total lunar eclipse with the effect of a blood-red moon, or the moon can be partially obscured - a partial or penumbral eclipse.

A total lunar eclipse occurred on June 15, 2011. The moon was completely immersed in the Earth's shadow for 100 minutes. This is the longest eclipse since July 2000:

The following lunar eclipses (2014-2017):

• October 8, 2014 10:55:44 AM Full (blood red moon)
• April 4, 2015 12:01:24 PM Full (blood red moon)
• September 28, 2015 2:48:17 AM Full (blood red moon)
• March 23, 2016 11:48:21 AM
• September 16, 2016 18:55:27 Penumbral
• February 11, 2017 00:45:03 Penumbral
• August 7, 2017 18:21:38 Partial

Supermoon

A supermoon is the position of the moon when it is in its orbit slightly closer to the earth than usual. The close orbit effect is especially noticeable during a full moon. The moon seems larger than usual, although the difference in distance from the Earth differs by only a few percent. During the supermoon The moon looks 14% bigger and 30% brighter than on normal days. A supermoon generally does not have a noticeable effect on the Earth, except for stronger tides.

Every month on the day of the new moon, the Earth, Moon and Sun line up, with the Moon in the middle. This astronomical phenomenon causes extensive tides. During these high tides, the water mark is especially high, and then on the same day the water drops. During supermoons, the moon increases the tides, causing the so-called perigee tides.

During the supermoon On August 10, the Moon will be at its closest distance. to the earth. It is evening and night from Sunday to Monday. But the day before the moon will be already magnificent. If we also take into account that in August the Earth passes through a meteor shower that appears from the direction of the constellation Perseus, and falling meteorites are most often observed, then you can sit all night admiring the starry sky with “shooting stars” and a huge bright moon. Very romantic! Do not miss!

The following supermoon site:

• August 10, 2014
• September 9, 2014

Earth rising over the moon

It is known that the Moon always faces the Earth on one side, however, for someone who is on the Moon, the Earth will not hang motionless in the sky. This is due to the fact that, firstly, the Moon's orbit is not circular, but elliptical, and secondly, the Moon's axis of rotation is inclined to the axis of the orbit around the Earth. Thanks to these small movements, which are collectively called libration, about 60% of the lunar surface is available for viewing to an observer on Earth. In turn, an observer located on the edge of the lunar disk can see the sunrise and sunset of the Earth. Gorgeous view of the Earth rising over the Moon:

moon rainbows

There are also lunar rainbows, which occur with the help of sunlight reflected by the Moon. Since this light is much weaker than direct sunlight, the lunar rainbow usually looks just white to the human eye, but a website with a long exposure camera can capture it in color. Lunar rainbow at Victoria Falls:

The relationship of the phases of the moon, writing and lunar reckoning

The nascent disk of the moon we call the moon. It grows from right to left and also decreases in the same order. Therefore, after the new moon, when the moon is completely invisible, a month appears, the horns of which look to the left. And after the full moon, when the moon is waning, gradually turning back into a month, then its horns are already directed to the right. Therefore, it is always easy to determine what phase the moon is in. What we see the illuminated shape of the moon always changes from right to left, also influenced the direction of writing in Arabic writing. In some countries, the lunar reckoning is adopted along with the usual solar Gregorian calendar. Thus, 2014 corresponds to 1435 according to the Islamic calendar and 2557 according to the Buddhist calendar. Thin crescent moon, nascent moon site behind the ancient Parthenon temple in Athens:

And here are some more interesting facts about the moon:

1. Few people know that there is a real monument to the dead astronauts on the Moon. It is a small man in an 8 cm spacesuit made of aluminum and installed in 1971. There is also a plate with the names of the dead people with the figurine. Among the other 14 cosmonauts, the name of Yuri Gagarin is mentioned. Eugene Shoemaker (the founder of astrogeology) wanted to be an astronaut himself, but was unable to get the job due to minor health issues. This remained the biggest disappointment of his life, but Shoemaker nevertheless continued to dream that he would one day be able to visit the Moon himself. When he died, NASA employees fulfilled his deepest wish and sent his ashes to the moon with the Lunar Prospector station in 1998. site His ashes remain there, scattered among the lunar dust.

2. If Belka and Strelka were the first conquerors of space, then the conquerors of the Moon can be called Asian turtles with various bugs, plants and bacteria. They first circled the Earth's satellite.

3. According to space news, the Moon has such a feature as a sharp temperature drop from -100 ° C to + 160 ° C, while on Earth the maximum and record drop was recorded once in 1916, Montana (USA ) - amounted to -49 to +7 degrees.

4. There is no atmosphere on the Moon, so there is a black starry sky around the clock. Even from it, regardless of the time of day, the Earth is constantly clearly visible.

5. Lunar gravity is 6 times less than Earth's. Based on this information and simple mathematical calculations, a simple person can easily lift the weight of a load equal to his own.

6. In order for you to navigate the site in the distance from the Earth to the Moon, let's give a few examples. To fly by plane, it will take about 20 days, by car at a constant speed of 90-100 km / h - up to six months.

The more people learn about the Moon, the more mysteries arise that break the established scientific ideas about it.

UFO on the Moon:

It has another name - Selena, hence the name of the science that studies the moon - selenology.

The Moon revolves around the Earth in an elliptical orbit with an average distance of 384,395 km. And a circulation period of 27.32 mean solar days. At the same time, rotation around its own axis occurs with the same period, so we can only see one side of this satellite from the Earth. The diameter of the Moon is 3,476 km., The mass is 81.5 times less than the mass of the Earth. The temperature on the surface varies from -160°C (at night) to + 130°C (day).

In view of the fact that the Moon is visible from the Earth, not even with an armed eye, and is the closest space object of all the planets of the solar system, it has been studied in more detail and thoroughly. But not everything is so clear and simple, even with such a well-studied object.

Craters on the Moon were discovered in 1610 using a 30x telescope built by Galileo Galilei, which he called "dams". Then Kepler suggested that these craters are lunar settlements. And later, many astronomers who discovered formations similar to the remains of buildings immediately announced the discovery of intelligent life. In the XVII - XIX centuries, the opinion about the habitability of the Moon was very popular not only among the inhabitants, but also among the scientific community.

But with the development of selenology over time, it became clear that life on the moon is not possible due to the lack of water and atmosphere.

Using the analysis of samples of lunar soil, scientists have established that the Moon, along with the Earth, underwent a massive meteorite attack about 400 million years ago. This time approximately coincides with the Cambrian explosion. Then, in different places of the Earth, various forms of life abruptly appeared and began to develop.

The date of the bombardment by meteorites was established by researchers from the University of California. Microscopic quartz spheres with radioactive particles inside, formed during explosions from meteorite impacts, were found in the lunar soil.

However, there are other interesting facts about the Moon and the secrets of its origin that were discovered earlier.

Mysterious facts

So…

The French astronomer José Lowville on May 3, 1715 at 9:30 o'clock noticed on the western side, on the very border of the lunar disk, flashes of light that appeared irregularly from the darkened side.

60 years later, on October 12, 1775, the German astronomer Johann Hieronymus Schroeter noticed a bright point flying from south to north over the Sea of ​​Rains, and then the same one only moving along the southern edge.

In addition, he also discovered a crater with a diameter of about 37 kilometers to the west of the Sea of ​​​​Crisis and gave it the name Alhazen, this crater was clearly visible. However, after 50 years, another German researcher Georg Kunowski Alhazen was no longer found. Which immediately a number of other astronomers decided to check, who also discovered that Alhazen had disappeared! And forty years later, in the same place, William Burt discovered a ring of low mountains. What processes take place in that place of the Moon? It remains a mystery to this day.

Here is another one of the mysteries. Since 1823, the selenologists Schmidt, Lohrmann and Modler have been exploring the Linnaeus crater, which was always perfectly visible to the very bottom. And when the Sun was low, the crater cast sharp shadows. However, in 1866, instead of the crater, a white spot was visible, which became smaller with sunrise, and by noon disappeared altogether, but reappeared by dawn.

In the last century, scientists discovered and described a square object and gave it the name Modler's Square, which was qualified as an artificial structure. However, later, in 1950, the American Barlett discovered randomly scattered blocks at the location of the square, outwardly this sight resembled ruins after an explosion or “moonquake”. The version of hit in these "buildings" of a meteorite is excluded. After all, hundreds of astronomers are watching the Moon around the clock, not to mention amateurs who all together could not help but notice the direct hit of the asteroid. Moreover, in view of the low gravitational force, such an explosion would have caused dust to stand over the Modler Square for a very long time.

The famous Soviet astronomer Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (August 20 (September 2), 1908, St. Petersburg - February 27, 1983, Leningrad) November 3, 1958 for two hours observed a red cloud over the Alfons crater, covering the entire central part of the crater. However, this is not surprising, but the mystery remains that the spectral analysis of the cloud showed the presence carbon dioxide. There are no prerequisites to attribute this to the revival of volcanic activity. Only the artificial explosion version remains. Then similar phenomena occurred near the crater Aristarchus in December 1961.

Continuing the list of anomalous phenomena occurring near Aristarchus, we decided to mention three luminous red spots in 1963, discovered by astronomers Greenaker and Barr, which disappeared after a couple of minutes. But a month later, the red spot on the slopes of Aristarchus appeared again and remained for almost an hour. It should be noted that this was observed by astronomers as early as the 18th - 19th centuries, on this and other parts of the moon.

Very often, luminous points are observed on the darkened part of the lunar disk. So in 1950, on March 30, selenologist Wilkins saw a bright luminous dot flying over the surface of the moon, which happened again a month and a half later. Then, in 1955, he observed a strong glow on the darkened part of the Moon for 35 minutes.

In the same year, the selenologist Lambert noticed two bright sources of light moving along the western coast of the Sea of ​​Tranquility. And half a year later, Robert Miles registered a source of pulsating white light, which turned blue after about an hour, and then went out completely.

On November 26, 1956, the Spaniard Garcia recorded three red lights that flew in a triangle and three other lights flying from the dark side of the moon to the illuminated one. And, on the same day, Robert Curtis photographed a light cross, consisting of two stripes several kilometers long, near the Parro crater.

Again the crater Aristarchus

During the entire 60s, light spots were often observed in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe crater Aristarchus, but the point is that the spots appeared on the shadowed side of the Moon and moved at speed. Moreover, in 1965, an American amateur astronomer from Arizona saw a beam of light directed upward from a crater in shadow, this phenomenon was observed twice. And in 1968, the three red spots began to grow in size. At this time, and all in the same crater, the Japanese recorded a pink spot, and in the crater itself, stripes appeared about 8 kilometers wide and up to 50 kilometers long, along which sparkling lights moved. And in the end, on April 25, 1972, Rainer Klemm recorded a light "fountain" glowing for about a minute, which he captured in a photograph.

All of the above and much more is recorded in the catalog of "short-term lunar phenomena", which was compiled by the astronomer from England, Patrick Moore. About 700 facts and anomalies are collected in this catalog. The anomalies collected in the catalog, according to the author himself, do not explain the nature of their origin. However, official science does not give explanations, but from the point of view of Ufology, esotericism, etc., everything is explained - everything that happens on the Moon is connected with extraterrestrial intelligence.

Even more can be told by the special services, which directly studied such phenomena not only on the Moon, but also on Earth, on which there were no less mysterious and inexplicable phenomena.

Exploration of the Moon, recent achievements

By the end of the 20th century, with the development of science and technology, these studies became more productive and informative. In 1994, the Clementine space probe discovered a strange, huge monolith in the East Sea region, data on the find were transmitted to Earth. The data obtained was computerized onto a three-dimensional map created by NASA using the latest space technology. A shadow emanates from such monoliths, which was also found in the Lobachevsky crater.

"Apollo 15" launched from the cosmodrome. Kennedy on July 26, 1971 at 13:34 UTC. After about one and a half orbits around the Earth, astronauts David Scott (crew commander), Alfred Warden (command module pilot) and James Irwin (lunar module pilot), turning on the third stage engine, transferred the ship to the flight path to the moon. The road there took a little more than three days (78.5 hours). From Wikipedia

During the Apollo missions, many discoveries were made about the Moon. In particular, briefly according to the official version, it became clear that the Moon was formed from an ancient stone, its chemical composition is identical to the Earth's, hence there is an idea that the Moon is a fragment of the Earth. There is no life on the Moon, that in the distant past it was almost molten, that it experienced a huge number of collisions. As a result of collisions, as mentioned above: “about 400 million years ago, along with the Earth, they underwent a massive meteor attack ...”, now there are craters on the surface of the Moon, and it is covered with a layer of debris of stones and dust. That's what it says officially!

And now what is not for the masses:

Astronauts from Apollo 15, according to Richard Boyle, saw and filmed such a monolith on the lunar surface. According to him, the object of artificial origin is similar in appearance to a connected buoy left by an unknown civilization. This "buoy" could be activated using the means available on Apollo 15. Perhaps this monolith was secretly brought to Earth for a comprehensive analysis.

Search for artificial objects

And in 1994, they began a cycle of research to search for artificial objects on the moon. With the help of already available computers, about 80 thousand images of the polar regions of the moon were processed. During these studies, 132 objects resembling archaeological sites were discovered.

Thus, a picture of a hill surrounded by rectangular pits was obtained, and the hill itself was angular. It is practically impossible for a landscape to form in a natural way in the form of pits around a hill; this is typical for artificial, bulk structures of the Earth. Moreover, the hill itself is hollow in the center with a large dip. There are several similar rectangular hills, with dips in the middle at the top. And there is a similar hill surrounded by an interweaving of shafts resembling ruins.

From the point of view of geology, it is impossible to explain the process of the appearance of these hills and the small pits with a flat bottom and angular outlines found there. The depth of the pits is about 10 meters, and by their appearance it can be assumed that these pits were formed by extracting water or minerals.

The images show dips of rounded or rectangular shapes, standing in regular rows, so it can be assumed that there are rectangular voids under the surface of the Moon, even void systems. In view of the impact of meteorites, these failures occurred. And the voids themselves are more like artificial buildings in terms of their location and the fact that after the destruction remains a complex network of low ramparts that look like load-bearing walls of huge buildings. Thus, it can be assumed that migrants trying to settle in it appeared on the Moon a long time ago, much earlier than on Earth.

eyewitness accounts

By the way, objects of artificial origin were seen on the surface of the Moon by American astronauts, but NASA classified all evidence. Nevertheless, some of the information somehow got into the press. One interview is known given by Neil Armstrong, the first man to descend to the surface of the moon, in which he admitted: “The moon is inhabited, and has been inhabited for a long time ... Space research is being carried out to avert eyes, ships fly to it not at all in order to draw up maps of its inverse side, land the lunar rover and take soil samples. There are many military bases on the Moon, and not aliens, but not American either.”

For the sake of justice, it is worth noting that shortly after this interview, Armstrong ended up in a lunatic asylum. Which may be a cause for disbelief for some, but the negotiations between the astronauts, leaked to the press, there is every reason to believe that something unexpected was found on the moon. And then almost all the astronauts who went to the moon died due to unclear circumstances.

There is another very interesting, historical, but controversial fact that echoes Armstrong's statement, which happened 14 years before the astronaut's statement.

In August 1945, at the Postdam Conference, where the heads of the victorious countries gathered to negotiate the partition and the future of Germany. Suddenly, Stalin unexpectedly proposed to discuss the problem of dividing the moon. This statement caused bewilderment among those around. Well, the statement about the priority of the USSR in the division of the Earth's satellite, in general, shocked everyone. This conference was attended by the American historian and military interpreter Robert Mylin, who was there as an interpreter for US President Harry Truman. He recalls: “At first it seemed to Truman that Stalin’s words had not been translated correctly. “Excuse me, Mr. Stalin, you mean, of course, the division of Germany?” he asked. “No, Mr. Truman, you heard right, I mean exactly the division of the moon. We agreed on Germany a long time ago. And remember, Mr. Truman, the USSR has enough forces and technical capabilities to prove our priority in the most serious way.

The Americans did not delve into the reasons for such a strange behavior of Stalin, they decided that he was not all right with his head. However, Truman did not want to start a quarrel with Stalin, so the document "On the priority of the USSR in the exploration of the moon" was signed.

Hero of the Soviet Union Academician Fedorov noted in his memoirs: “There were rumors that at the end of the thirties, in an atmosphere of the strictest secrecy, Stalin was cranking out some kind of grandiose space project - he seemed to be building an overpass for launching spacecraft almost according to the sketches of Tsiolkovsky and Zander. At the same time, this most sensational film "Space Flight" was shot with this flyover. The war did not allow to complete what had been started, but the reason was not only in it. It was in 1937 that the entire rocket research institute was defeated and planted, the designers Korolev and Glushko were arrested, some engineers were shot "for high treason and espionage." Who could run rocket science without them?”

Similar rumors circulated among the people. One of them was witnessed by the writer Fyodor Abramov in the article “Around the Bush”. There he relates his conversation with an old man: “Under Comrade Stalin, we flew to the moon and kept a garrison there. And our bald fool (Khrushchev) only launches horned balloons into the sky and mongrels.

Here is another fact taken from a letter sent to the Commission on Anomalies. It contained the following expression: “... My brother served there (in terms of content, I mean on the moon). Only before his death he confessed to my father and me ... ".

Test pilot Sergei Nikolaevich Anokhin, Hero of the Soviet Union, also confessed to his friends about piloting a rocket in the forties just before his death.

And the most indisputable fact is that in 1937 the second People's Commissariat of the aviation industry was created, which is noteworthy, this People's Commissariat was subordinate only directly to Stalin, in contrast to the existing one. Moreover, the aircraft designers themselves Lavochkin, Ilyushin and Tupolev did not know anything about the activities of the secret People's Commissariat.

Also, in those same years, under the heading "top secret" near Kyiv, on the site of the current Chernobyl station, the super-secret object "Kyiv-17" was laid. Within three months, a military camp, eight factories, huge hangars and warehouses were built. An airfield with several runways for receiving transport workers and the launch complex itself. The construction was completed by the beginning of the war, in June 1941. It was the war and the rapid advance of the Germans that forced the entire complex to be blown up.

And one more very interesting information on this topic. A pamphlet by Steve Bruce has been published in the United States, describing the causes of the fall of one of the largest radio telescopes in the world. This telescope is owned by the Green Bank National Radio Space Observatory in West Virginia. The telescope suddenly collapsed after 25 years of flawless operation. The commission investigating the incident concluded that the disaster occurred due to the wear of the aluminum structures of the complex. However, not everyone was satisfied with these conclusions, especially since similar telescopes did not fall anywhere else.

And this same Bruce, after acquiring some documents and facts that were not previously known, tried to reveal the true reason for the fall of the telescope.

In the late 80s, two American astrophysicists while tracking the sky suddenly received strange radio signals from the moon. We tried to decrypt it and it didn't work. They looked like computer text. Scientists, based on the fact that the nature of the signals bore signs of artificial origin, announced that they had detected the operation of Russian automatic devices on the moon! American radars have repeatedly spotted unknown spacecraft flying to the Moon at the second space velocity.

These same astrophysicists turned with their guesses to their supervisor, Professor Hall, who decided to inform the senator from his state. Having agreed on a meeting, Hall, took with him all the materials relating to this case, went to the meeting. On the way, he had an accident in which he died, and all the papers burned in the car that caught fire. And a few days after the death of Professor Hall, the antenna of the Green Bank radio telescope collapsed.

Inspection of the wreckage showed that the material was almost immediately heated to such a temperature that the structure immediately collapsed. And only laser weapons can produce such instant heating. In view of the fact that the US Department of Defense did not confirm the use of laser weapons by the Russians, and also did not confirm the fact of the passage of Soviet satellites over this territory, they formulated their version as the negligence of the service personnel.

These are the mysterious events that took place around the moon. It turns out that official science does not know everything about the Moon, or we are told something that is not classified as “top secret”!