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Quiz: Supermoon and super maths – what do you know about planetary motion?

People around the world saw a rare astronomical event recently, when a lunar eclipse occurred simultaneously with a ‘supermoon’, resulting in the moon appearing large and reddish coloured. One of the ways we can understand these celestial events is through using calculus. Try our just-for-fun quiz and see how much you know about planetary motion.

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