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"The Moon is made of green cheese" is a statement referring to a fanciful belief that the Moon is composed of cheese. In its original formulation as a proverb and metaphor for credulity with roots in fable, this refers to the perception of a simpleton who sees a reflection of the Moon in water and mistakes it for a round cheese wheel.
The phrase "the Moon is made of green cheese" refers to the similarity in appearance of a typical round, green cheese and the full Moon. It is commonly misinterpreted to mean that the Moon is green, which isn't the case. (The surface of the Moon is quite dark and could be described as having the color of old, weathered black asphalt.) [2]
Also, for naming, one should properly compare Moon+"made of cheese" with Moon+"made of green cheese" in Google Books, and the latter is far more common. (A web search gives a different result, but those are mostly ephemeral, non-RS sources.)--Pharos 12:56, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
A 1528 satire, Rede Me and Be Nott Wrothe, contained the lines, “Yf they saye the mone is belewe / We must beleve that it is true.” [13] The intended sense was of an absurd belief, like the moon being made of cheese. There is nothing to connect it with the later metaphorical or calendrical meanings of “blue moon”.
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The Moon is made of green cheese; Moon magic; Moon rabbit; Muhammad's eclipse; Myoporum laetum; P. Proselenos; R. Rahu; Reports of Streptococcus mitis on the Moon; S.
It was as likely to be made of cheese (green cheese, specifically) as was the cow to have jumped over it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:28, 22 November 2023 (UTC) Of course, Wikipedia has an article on everything; see The Moon is made of green cheese. Curiously, the European Space Agency also addresses the issue here.
Apollo seismometer Seismometer readings from the impact made by the Apollo 17 Saturn S-IVB impacting the Lunar surface arrive at NASA. Lunar seismology is the study of ground motions of the Moon and the events, typically impacts or moonquakes, that excite them.