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Published online 12 February 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.100

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The Moon reveals its weirder side

SELENE mission reports on gravity anomalies.

Results from the Japanese space agency's SELENE mission to the Moon are revealing details about why the lopsided lump of rock orbiting Earth is so unbalanced.

The SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer, or Kaguya) mission was launched in September 2007 to gather detailed geological information about the Moon.

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