• @uid0gid0
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    1 year ago

    It has to do with apparent size of the sun and moon. The sun is 400 times wider than the moon and coincidentally 400 times further away, so they look the same size. With no other reference points as to how big each object is, we perceive them to be the same distance.

    • @HonoraryMancunian
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      61 year ago

      That bit I can at least fully comprehend. It’s the sunlight angle thing I can’t wrap my head around.

      • @uid0gid0
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        41 year ago

        You want to know about space, you ask NASA