Earth-Moon Relationships

by Barbieri, Cesare; Rampazzi, Francesca

• ISBN13: 9780792370895
• ISBN10: 0792370899
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The Galilean Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts in Padova (Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti) was founded in 1599 by a group of distinguished scholars and noblemen, with the name of Accademia dei Ricovrati. Among the founders, Galileo Galilei helped to design the first logo. To celebrate its 400th anniversary, the Academy has promoted a series of initiatives focussed on the far-reaching intentions of its founders, namely to achieve a truly interdisciplinary dissemination of knowledge. The Conference on the Earth-Moon relationships was one of these initiatives. It brought together a number of distinguished scientists from different fields - such as Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Chemistry, Geology, Medicine, Natural Sciences - but also scholars of Literature and Art, to discuss these relationships, their origins and their influence on human activities and beliefs.

Table of Contents

ORAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Welcome Address	1	(4)
Cesare Barbieri
Goodly Frame, Spotty Globe: Earth and Moon in Renaissance Literature	5	(20)
William C. Carroll
Sediments of the Moon and Earth as End-Members for Comparative Planetology	25	(20)
Abhijit Basu
Emanuela Molinaroli
The Moon in the 14th Century Frescoes in Padova	45	(6)
Claudio Bellinati
The Importance of the Moon in Teaching Astronomy at the Primary School	51	(10)
Leopoldo Benacchio
The Moon and the Origin of Life	61	(6)
C. R. Benn
Sexual Satellites, Moonlight and the Nuptial Dances of Worms: The Influence of the Moon on the Reproduction of Marine Animals	67	(18)
M. G. Bentley
P. J. W. Olive
K. Last
Abstract: Claire de Lune on the Italian Space Science Programme	85	(2)
Giovanni Bignami
Fantastic New Chondrites, Achondrites, and Lunar Meteorites as the Result of Recent Meteorite Search Expeditions in Hot and Cold Deserts	87	(12)
Addi Bischoff
Lunar Influences on Climate	99	(16)
Dario Camuffo
Apollo Samples and the Geochemical Determination of Basaltic Achondrite Parent Bodies	115	(12)
Guy Consolmagno Sj
Abstract: Water: Communicator in Moon-Earth Relationships	127	(2)
Joan S. Davis
``Lunacy'' in Mentally Disturbed Children	129	(4)
Mark Deantonio
Highlights from ICEUM4, the 4th International Conference on the Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon	133	(10)
B. H. Foing
M. Duke
E. Galimov
H. Mizutani
C. Pieters
G. Racca
D. J. Heather
N. Frischauf
P. Van Susante
M. Almeida
The D-CIXS X-Ray Spectrometer on ESA's SMART-1 Mission to the Moon	143	(10)
M. Grande
Lunar and Planetary Perspectives on the Geological History of the Earth	153	(26)
James W. Head III
Moonstruck: How Realistic is the Moon Depicted in Classic Science Fiction Films?	179	(22)
Dona A. Jalufka
Christian Koeberl
The Moon and Extra-Solar Planets	201	(8)
M. Jourdain De Muizon
R. J. Laureijs
H. J. Habing
K. Leech
M. F. Kessler
L. Metcalfe
A. Salama
R. Siebenmorgen
C. Dominik
N. Trams
P. Bouchet
Creaters on the Moon from Galileo to Wegener: A Short History of the Impact Hypothesis, and Implications for the Study of Terrestrial Impact Craters	209	(16)
Christian Koeberl
Reckoning Time, Longitude and the History of the Earth's Rotation, Using the Moon	225	(12)
Sigfrido Leschiutta
Patrizia Tavella
Ancient Moons	237	(8)
Oddone Longo
The Formation of Chemical Elements and Their Abundances in the Solar System	245	(8)
F. Matteucci
A New View of the Moon in Light of Data from Clementine and Prospector Missions	253	(18)
I. S. McCallum
The Atmosphere of the Moon	271	(8)
Michael Mendillo
The Moon and Life on Earth	279	(12)
Elfed Morgan
Marine Animal Behaviour in Relation to Lunar Phase	291	(12)
E. Naylor
Moon-Struck: Artists Rediscover Nature and Observe	303	(40)
Roberta J. M. Olson
Jay M. Pasachoff
Nitrogen on the Moon: What Does It Tell Us?	343	(8)
Tobias Owen
Hasso Niemann
Paul Mahaffy
Search for Antimatter in Cosmic Rays Using the Moon	351	(12)
Luigi Peruzzo
Denis Bastieri
Abstract: Mysteries of the Farside of the Moon: What Galileo Couldn't See	363	(2)
Carle M. Pieters
Lunar Maps of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Tobias Mayer's Map and its 19th-Century Edition	365	(14)
Luisa Pigatto
Valeria Zanini
Smart-1: The First Time of Europe to the Moon. Wandering in the Earth-Moon Space	379	(12)
Giuseppe D. Racca
Bernard H. Foing
Marcello Coradini
Palaeolithic Timekeepers Looking at the Golden Gate of the Ecliptic; The Lunar Cycle and the Pleiades in the Cave of La-Tete-du-Lion (Ardeche, France) - 21,000 BP	391	(14)
Michael A. Rappengluck
Lunar Influence on Plants	405	(6)
Wolfgang Schad
A Perspective on the Earth from the Moon	411	(8)
David R. Scott
``Earth-Moon Relationships'': Highlights of the Conference and Concluding Remarks	419	(8)
Jean-Pierre Swings
The Dispute between Carlini-Plana and Laplace on the Theory of the Moon	427	(16)
Guido Tagliaferri
Pasquale Tucci
Abstract: On the Orbit of the Moon	443	(2)
G. B. Valsecchi
Geochemical Evidence for a Close Genetic Relationship of Earth and Moon	445	(8)
H. Wanke
Macro and Microcosmus: Moon Influence on the Human Body	453	(10)
Giorgio Zanchin
Lunar Rhythms in Forestry Traditions - Lunar-Correlated Phenomena in Tree Biology and Wood Properties	463	(16)
Ernst Zurcher
POSTERS
Meteor Showers on the Lunar Atmosphere	479	(8)
Cesare Barbieri
Chris R. Benn
Gabriele Cremonese
Stefano Verani
Alberto Zin
Lunam 2000 (Lunar Atmosphere Mission)	487	(10)
Cesare Barbieri
Sonia Fornasier
Monica Lazzarin
Simone Marchi
Francesca Rampazzi
Stefano Verani
Gabriele Cremonese
Roberto Ragazzoni
Mauro Dolci
Chris R. Benn
Michael Mendillo
Jeff Baumgardner
Supriya Chakrabarti
Jody Wilson
Earthshine at the Rainbow Angle	497	(2)
C. R. Benn
Seneca and the Moon: The Cultural Importance of Our Satellite	499	(6)
Francesca Romana Berno
The Moon, the Stars and the Milk	505	(10)
Francesco Bertola
Abstract: Science Fiction in Naples in the Middle of the 19th Century	515	(2)
Massimo Capaccioli
Emilia Olostro Cirella
Enrica Stendardo
Nicla Virgilio
Moonlight without the Moon	517	(6)
Pierantonio Cinzano
Fabio Falchi
Christopher D. Elvidge
The Science Goals of ESA's Smart-1 Mission to the Moon	523	(10)
B. H. Foing
D. J. Heather
M. Almeida
Lunar Explorers Society: Goals and Activities	533	(6)
B. Foing
P. Van Susante
M. Almeida
D. Heather
M. Duke
S. Dunkin
Lunation and Primate Menses	539	(6)
M. Folin
M. Rizzotti
Abstract: Mapping the Moon with Sir, An Infrared Spectrometer for Smart-1	545	(2)
H. U. Keller
U. Mall
A. Nathues
Radioastronomy and Radiointerferometry on the ``Hidden'' Lunar Surface	547	(10)
Mauro Leonardi
Sigfrido Leschiutta
The Moon in the Classic Maya World	557	(4)
Giuliano Romano
The Response of the 11 August 1999 Total Solar Eclipse in the Geomagnetic Field	561	(6)
Jaroslav Strestik
Variations in the Mortality with Respect to Lunar Phases	567	(6)
Jaroslav Strestik
Jan Sitar
Irina Predeanu
Liviu Botezat-Antonescu
List of Participants	573