Posted by: truthbeloathed
Posting time: 6 months ago on 6/17/2020 4:54:17 AM
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Archived on: 9/15/2020 10:00:00 AM
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Archived Why doesn't the Moon Rotate? (whatever)
submitted 6 months ago by truthbeloathed
I'm not a betting man, so I would never bet that there is an object in space that never rotates never. I wouldn't bet on that.
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[–] MFin_Looter_Kangs 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 6 months ago
“And the angular size of the Sun (1/2 degree) is almost exactly the angular size of the Moon.”
University of Michigan website
http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/astrophotos/alway/lunareclipse.html
[–] FreeinTX 2 points -2 points 0 points (+0|-2) 6 months ago
Would be great if the link you provided was to the actual piece that you quoted.
[–] MFin_Looter_Kangs 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)
It’s there, I am not making this up. You’ll have to scroll almost all the way down. Look for a paragraph that starts “How wide is the penumbra?”.
I can’t link to the actual part I’m quoting. It’s not possible in HTML.
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[–] MFin_Looter_Kangs 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
“And the angular size of the Sun (1/2 degree) is almost exactly the angular size of the Moon.”
University of Michigan website
http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/astrophotos/alway/lunareclipse.html
[–] FreeinTX 2 points -2 points 0 points (+0|-2) ago
Would be great if the link you provided was to the actual piece that you quoted.
[–] MFin_Looter_Kangs 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
It’s there, I am not making this up. You’ll have to scroll almost all the way down. Look for a paragraph that starts “How wide is the penumbra?”.
I can’t link to the actual part I’m quoting. It’s not possible in HTML.