Moon transiting through

The Moon cruises through the zodiac faster than any other planet, so worrying about it as it spins through one sign after another can drive you crazy. Most transits of the Moon make no difference whatsoever and can be safely ignored. Nevertheless, a few monthly lunar transits offer opportunities that are too valuable to miss. Here are the top five monthly influences ... 

This spacecraft is a scientific probe that was sent to study Saturn, Saturn s rings, and its moons. To withstand the transit through the asteroid belt and the Saturn micrometeoroid environment, Mylar was used in a Whipple shield arrangement (Section 10.4.2.4.2). It served the dual purpose of micrometeoroici protection and multi-layer insulation (MU). The standoff distance from the secondary shield varied from 2.5 inches to 18 inches. In some critical locations on the spacecraft, fuel tanks for example, two layers of beta cloth were added behind the Mylar. 

Finally, keep in mind that every year, as the Sun makes its annual pilgrimage through the zodiac, it travels through each part of your chart — every sign and every house. The Moon and the other planets visit as well, each according to its own schedule. Over time, those transiting planets activate each and every house — even if it s empty. Sooner or later, every house will have its day. 

The lunar meteorites have aerodynamically rounded shapes and are covered by a fusion crust which they acquired while they passed through the atmosphere of the Earth. Lunar meteorites also contain cosmogenic radionuclides (e.g., °Be, Al, Cl, and Mn) because they were exposed to cosmic rays on the surface of the Moon and while they were in transit from the Moon to the Earth. Many lunar meteorites are breccias and contain evidence of shock metamorphism. Like the other nonchondrites in Table 18.1, the lunar meteorites lack chondrules and do not contain grains of metallic Fe-Ni alloys. Because of their similarities to achondrite meteorites and to pebbles or cobbles of terrestrial rocks, lunar meteorites are not easy to identify in the field and, in some cases, were only collected in response to the ANSMET imperative When in doubt, collect... . 

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