What part of the Moon surface had been known to humanity before the first photos of the dark side were taken in 1959?
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Moon's libration changes the angle from which the Moon is seen, allowing about 59% of its surface to be seen from the Earth (but only half at any instant). Moon's libration is caused by the eccentricity of its orbit around Earth and by a slight inclination of its axis of rotation.
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Singapore
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South Africa
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France
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Poland
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the United Kingdom
333
New Zealand
28
Malaysia
18
the Philippines
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Germany
71
the Netherlands
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India
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Republic of Ireland
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Greece
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the United Arab Emirates
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the United States
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Australia
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Pakistan
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Unknown
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Canada
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