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Hopefully the weather is better tomorrow night
I don't, - or I don't know what you mean.Originally Posted by Warbler
I suppose you all realise that the moon is no closer today, relatively speaking, than it was yesterday or will be tomorrow.
[Pick whichever is appropriate.]
If you mean "when the supermoon is happening", then it is closer to the earth than at non-supermoon times.
If you are wrong, and you want to lampoon something else, there's plenty of the news reports that "qualify".
And now to a personal story...
I saw the "supermoon" last evening at about 6:30 PM local time...
- And that's all.
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I mean yesterday, today and the day before as I said. Which bit are you having difficulty understanding? It's not as if the moon hasn't been getting closer gradually every day before yesterday and will now be getting further away every day. Do you think it just ducks in for close look at the earth on the day? Those who missed out yesterday will get another chance today.I don't, - or I don't know what you mean.
[Pick whichever is appropriate.]
If you mean "when the supermoon is happening", then it is closer to the earth than at non-supermoon times.
If you are wrong, and you want to lampoon something else, there's plenty of the news reports that "qualify".
And now to a personal story...
I saw the "supermoon" last evening at about 6:30 PM local time...
- And that's all.
Last edited by Warbler; 15-11-2016 at 3:11pm.
Oh, now I understand what you mean. - The moon is a duck-drawn chariot, and every so often
the leading duck swerves towards the earth and all the other ducks follow and draw the moon closer.
It's a wonder then that this act does not startle the four elephants that hold the earth on their
backs and make it topple.Lucky that no mice are involved
Back to fantasy, what had me confused was the use of the rather absolute "no closer" instead of perhaps
"marginally closer/farther than".
No, the original meaning is now clear. After all, even ducks tugging chariots are subject to inertial forces that
dampen the suddenness if their motion. How could I have expected anything else
I've bolded a bit for you. At the least the moon is bright.I suppose you all realise that the moon is no closer today, relatively speaking, than it was yesterday or will be tomorrow.
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To further labour the point, the moon's orbit around Earth is elliptical. At perigee — its closest approach — the moon comes as close as 225,623 miles (363,104 kilometers). At apogee — the farthest away it gets — the moon is 252,088 miles (405,696 km) from Earth. On average, the distance from Earth to the moon is about 238,855 miles (384,400 km). Relatively speaking, the change in the proximity in a 48 hour period would be bugger all.
Oh, don't worry. I understood it.Hence my explanation.
And thanks for the revision of Astro 101, which I did about 40 years ago.
Now, what about those ducks? What do they eat, for instance? Do they
roost during New Moon?
Well I'm flattered that you were paying attention this time.And thanks for the revision of Astro 101, which I did about 40 years ago.
Ping pong.
The closest this super super moon got means it's about 7% closer than the moon usually is.
How exciting is that.
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