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International Observe the Moon Night
08 October 2016
Andrea Jones
Director, International Observe the Moon
Night
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center /
Planetary Science Institute
Credit: Jim Hendrickson, Skyscrapers, Inc.
Because the Moon is in everyone’s backyard
Inspirations
2009
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Personal/Cultural connections to the Moon
Moon’s role in space exploration
Science Results!
Overturning paradigms about Earth’s Moon
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International Observe the Moon Night
International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is an
annual worldwide celebration of lunar science and
exploration. One day each year, everyone on Earth is
invited to unite to observe and learn about the Moon
and its connection to planetary science, and share
personal and community connections we all have to
the Moon.
Sponsored by:
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InOMN Partners
International Observe the Moon Night
InOMN 2015
545 registered events in 54 countries, 40 US states (+DC)
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2016 InOMN Event Map (so far)
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For Everyone:
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For Hosts:
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NASAwavelength.org/list/602
2016 InOMN Moon Maps
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Decorations! Or in case of stormy weather
Moon as Art Gallery
Linné Crater Visual
Linné Crater Topography
lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/moonartgallery.html
A New Moon Rises: Gallery and Interactive Exhibit
lroc.sese.asu.edu/images/nasm
Explore the Moon Online
NASA’s Lunar Mapping and Modeling Portal
lmmp.nasa.gov
Participate in lunar science research
Citizen Science
CosmoQuest – Moon Mappers
cosmoquest.org
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Participant surveys, too!
(Data available to you)
Requests for Hosts
• Please register your event on the InOMN
website!
• Please evaluate your event, using
materials on the InOMN website!
• Join the global conversation on social
media, and share pictures and updates
from your event
(@observethemoon, #observethemoon on Twitter; also
on
Facebook and Flickr)
International Observe the Moon Night
08 October 2016
15 July 2017
Leading up to…
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