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Astronomy pictures of the week (11.25-12.1) (4)

（People's Daily Online）  08:11, December 03, 2012

Did you see the big, bright, beautiful Full Moon Wednesday night? That was actually a Micro Moon! On that night, the smallest Full Moon of 2012 reached its full phase only about 4 hours before apogee, the most distant point from Earth in the Moon's elliptical orbit. (Photo/ NASA)


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（Editor：姚春、王金雪）

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