Earth-Moon Relationships: Proceedings of the Conference held in Padova, Italy at the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, November 8–10, 2000

557 Pages·2001·23.91 MB·English

by  Cesare Barbieri (auth.)

EARTH-MOON RELATIONSHIPS
Cover: The Moon over the Loggia of the Gallilean Academy (adapted from a photo
by Giorgio Oeganello).
Proceedings of the Conference held in Padova, Italy
at the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti,
November 8-10, 2000
Scientific Organizing Connnittee Ken Nealson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech,
USA
Chairman: Cesare Barbieri, Dept. of Astronomy, Uni Toby Owen, Institute for Astronomy, University of
versity of Padova, Italy Hawaii, USA
Sushi! Atreya, University ofM ichigan, Ann Arbor, USA Martino Rizzotti, Dept. of Biology, University of
Abhijit Basu, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Indiana Padova, Italy
University, Bloomington, USA Pasquale Tucci, History of Physics, University of Mil
Massimo Calvani, Astronomical Observatory, Padova, ano, Italy
Italy Heinrich Waenke, Director Emeritus, Max-Planck
Alessandro Caporali, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Inst. fuer Chemie, Mainz, Germany
Padova, Italy
Marcello Coradini, Solar System Mission Coordinator,
Local Organizing Connnittee
European Space Agency, Paris, France
Mark DeAntonio, M.D., Division of Child and Ad
olescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UClA, Chairman: Monica Lazzarin, Dept. of Astronomy,
USA University of Padova, Italy
Johannes Geiss, ISSL University of Bern, Switzerland Francesco Marzari, Dept. of Physics, University of
James W. Head, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown Padova, Italy
University, USA, NASA Representative Stefano Verani, ISSI, University of Bern, Switzerland
Torrence V. Johnson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
H. Uwe Keller, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie,
Coordination: Francesca Rampazzi, c.I.S.A.S., Uni
Lindau, Germany
versity of Padova, Italy
Michael Mendillo, Center for Space Physics, Boston
University, USA
Gianmario Molin, Dept. of Petrology and Mineralogy, Secretary: Luca Chiereghin, Accademia Galileiana di
University of Padova, Italy Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Padova
EARTH-MOON RELATIONSHIPS
Proceedings of the Conference held in Padova, Italy
at the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti,
November 8-10, 2000
Edited by
Cesare Barbieri
Department ofA stronomy, University of Padova,
Vicolo Osservatorio 2, 1-35122 Padova, Italy
and
Francesca Rampazzi
C.I.S.A.S., University of Padova,
Vicolo Osservatorio 2,1-35122 Padova, Italy
Reprinted from Earth, Moon, and Planets
Volumes 85-86, Nos. 1-3, 1999
(published in 2001)
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
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Earth-Moon relationships I edited by Cesare Barbieri and Francesca Rampazzi.
p.em.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7923-7089-9 (alk. paper)
1. Moon-Congresses. 2. Earth-Congresses. I. Barbieri, Cesare, 1942-II. Rampazzi, Franeesca.
QB580 .E27 2001
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CONTENTS*
ORAL CONTRIBUTIONS
CESARE BARBIERI/Welcome Address 1-3
WILLIAM C. CARROLL / Goodly Frame, Spotty Globe: Earth and
Moon in Renaissance Literature 5-23
ABHIJIT BASU and EMANUELA MOLINAROLI / Sediments of the
Moon and Earth as End-Members for Comparative Planetology 25--43
CLAUDIO BELLINATI / The Moon in the 14th Century Frescoes in
Padova 45-50
LEOPOLDO BENACCHIO / The Importance of the Moon in Teach
ing Astronomy at the Primary School 51-60
C. R. BENN / The Moon and the Origin of Life 61-66
M. G. BENTLEY, P. 1. W. OLIVE and K. LAST / Sexual Satellites,
Moonlight and the Nuptial Dances of Worms: The Influence of the
Moon on the Reproduction of Marine Animals 67-84
GIOVANNI BIGNAMI / Abstract: Claire de Lune on the Italian Space
Science Programme 85
ADD! BISCHOFF / Fantastic New Chondrites, Achondrites, and
Lunar Meteorites as the Result of Recent Meteorite Search Expedi
tions in Hot and Cold Deserts 87-97
DARIO CAMUFFO / Lunar Influences on Climate 99-113
GUY CONSOLMAGNO SJ / Apollo Samples and the Geochemical
Determination of Basaltic Achondrite Parent Bodies 115-125
JOAN S. DAVIS / Abstract: Water: Communicator in Moon-Earth
Relationships 127
MARK DEANTONIO / "Lunacy" in Mentally Disturbed Children 129-131
B. H. FOING, M. DUKE, E. GALIMOV, H. MIZUTANI, C.
PIETERS, G. RACCA, D. 1. HEATHER, N. FRISCHAUF, P. VAN
SUSANTE and M. ALMEIDA / Highlights from ICEUM4, the 4th
International Conference on the Exploration and Utilisation of the
Moon 133-142
M. GRANDE/The D-CIXS X-Ray Spectrometer on ESA's SMART-l
Mission to the Moon 143-152
JAMES W. HEAD III / Lunar and Planetary Perspectives on the
Geological History of the Earth 153-177
DONA A. JALUFKA and CHRISTIAN KOEBERL / Moonstruck:
How Realistic is the Moon Depicted in Classic Science Fiction Films? 179-200
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 and P. BOUCHET /
The Moon and Extra-Solar Planets 201-207
CHRISTIAN KOEBERL / Craters on the Moon from Galileo to We-
gener: A Short History of the Impact Hypothesis, and Implications for
the Study of Terrestrial Impact Craters 209-224
SIGFRIDO LESCHIUTTA and PATRIZIA TAVELLA I Reckoning
Time, Longitude and the History of the Earth's Rotation, Using the
Moon 225-236
ODDONE LONGO / Ancient Moons 237-243
F. MATTEUCCI I The Formation of Chemical Elements and Their
Abundances in the Solar System 245-252
1. S. McCALLUM / A New View of the Moon in Light of Data from
Clementine and Prospector Missions 253-269
MICHAEL MENDILLO / The Atmosphere of the Moon 271-277
ELFED MORGAN I The Moon and Life on Earth 279-290
E. NAYLOR I Marine Animal Behaviour in Relation to Lunar Phase 291-302
ROBERTA J. M. OLSON and JAY M. PASACHOFF I Moon-Struck:
Artists Rediscover Nature and Observe 303-341
TOBIAS OWEN, HASSO NIEMANN and PAUL MAHAFFY /
Nitrogen on the Moon: What Does It Tell Us? 343-350
LUIGI PERUZZO and DENIS BASTIERI I Search for Antimatter in
Cosmic Rays Using the Moon 351-362
CARLE M. PIETERS / Abstract: Mysteries of the Farside of the
Moon: What Galileo Couldn't See 363
LUISA PIGATTO and VALERIA ZANINI / Lunar Maps of the 17th
and 18th Centuries. Tobias Mayer's Map and its 19th-Century Edition 365-377
GIUSEPPE D. RACCA, BERNARD H. FOING and MARCELLO
CORADINI I SMART-1: The First Time of Europe to the Moon.
Wandering in the Earth-Moon Space 379-390
MICHAEL A. RAPPENGLUCK / 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 391-404
WOLFGANG SCHAD I Lunar Influence on Plants 405-409
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DAVID R. I A Perspective on the Earth from the Moon 411-418
JEAN-PIERRE SWINGS I "Earth-Moon Relationships": Highlights
of the Conference and Concluding Remarks 419-426
GUIDO TAGLIAFERRI and PASQUALE TUCCI/The Dispute
between Carlini-Plana and Laplace on the Theory of the Moon 427-441
G. B. VALSECCHII Abstract: On the Orbit of the Moon 443
H. WANKE / Geochemical Evidence for a Close Genetic Relationship
of Earth and Moon 445-452
GIORGIO ZANCHIN I Macro and Microcosmus: Moon Influence on
the Human Body 453-461
ERNST ZURCHER I Lunar Rhythms in Forestry Traditions - Lunar-
Correlated Phenomena in Tree Biology and Wood Properties 463-478
POSTERS
CESARE BARBIERI, CHRIS R. BENN, GABRIELE CREMONESE,
STEFANO VERANI and ALBERTO ZIN / Meteor Showers on the
Lunar Atmosphere 479-486
CESARE BARBIERI, SONIA FORNASIER, MONICA
LAZZARIN, SIMONE MARCHI, FRANCESCA RAM-
PAZZI, STEFANO VERANI, GABRIELE CREMONESE,
ROBERTO RAGAZZONI, MAURO DOLCI, CHRIS R. BENN,
MICHAEL MENDILLO, JEFF BAUMGARDNER, SUPRIYA
CHAKRABARTI and JODY WILSON I LUNAM 2000 (Lunar
Atmosphere Mission) 487-495
C. R. BENN / Earthshine at the Rainbow Angle 497-498
FRANCESCA ROMANA BERNO / Seneca and the Moon: The
Cultural Importance of Our Satellite 499-503
FRANCESCO BERTOLA I The Moon, the Stars and the Milk 505-513
MASSIMO CAPACCIOLI, EMILIA OLOSTRO CIRELLA, EN-
RICA STENDARDO and NICLA VIRGILIO / Abstract: Science
Fiction in Naples in the Middle of the 19th Century 515
PIERANTONIO CINZANO, FABIO FALCHI and CHRISTOPHER
D. ELVIDGE I Moonlight without the Moon 517-522
B. H. FOING, D. J. HEATHER, M. ALMEIDA and SMART-l
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY WORKING TEAM / The Science Goals
of ESA's SMART-l Mission to the Moon 523-531
B. FOING, P. VAN SUSANTE, M. ALMEIDA, D. HEATHER,
M. DUKE, S. DUNKIN and THE LUNAR EXPLORERS
SOCIETY / Lunar Explorers Society: Goals and Activities 533-538
M. FOLIN and M. RIZZOTTI / Lunation and Primate Menses 539-543
H. U. KELLER, U. MALL and A. NATHUES / Abstract: Mapping the
Moon with SIR, An Infrared Spectrometer for SMART-l 545
MAURO LEONARDI and SIGFRIDO LESCHIUTTA / Radio-
astronomy and Radiointerferometry on the "Hidden" Lunar Surface 547-555
GIULIANO ROMANO / The Moon in the Classic Maya World 557-560
JAROSLAV STRESTIK / The Response of the 11 August 1999 Total
Solar Eclipse in the Geomagnetic Field 561-566
JAROSLAV STRESTIK, JAN SITAR, IRINA PREDEANU and
LIVIU BOTEZAT-ANTONESCU / Variations in the Mortality with
Respect to Lunar Phases 567-572
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 573-575
The Aula Magna of the University Palace in Padova where the opening day was held.