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Jupiter has ninety-five moons. Earth, one. Judging from the number of photographs of our singular satellite, one might think there were more objects in our orbit. Silver moons have filled books, blogs, almanacs, and atlases for almost two hundred years. All are pictures of the same thing, yet each photograph of the moon is unique.

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