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SuperSleuth@lemm.ee to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

The moon's path over 28 days

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The moon's path over 28 days

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SuperSleuth@lemm.ee to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · 2 years ago
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  • Chozo@fedia.io
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    Astrophysicist here: This is caused by the moon developing a crescent shape at each end of the path, resulting in a boomerang-like behavior where the rotational velocity of the moon causes it to return back to where it was thrown.

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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      You spelled Astralphysicist wrong.

    • wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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      Wait a minute

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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      Fucking lol!

  • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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    It’s beautiful, but unfortunately a fake. This is from a reddit comment for years ago:

    This is supposed to represent a lunar analemma, but it’s completely faked. And not just in the sense that it’s a composite, in the sense that the relative sizes and positions are completely made up.

    This is an actual analemma, with correct scaling:

    • SuperSleuth@lemm.eeOP
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      Apologies, I am but a humble reposter and didn’t check :⁠,⁠-⁠)

      • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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        No worries, I was just checking if it was by the guy that usually shares his setups. But then I found the other thread instead

  • teft
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    This shape is called an analemma for anyone looking for more info.

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
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      I wonder if that’s the inspiration for the infinity symbol?

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      deleted by creator

      • teft
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        Stone if given the choice.

      • 🔍🦘🛎
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        Thompson actually

  • FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz
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    This is beautiful!

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
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      It sure is. I audibly gasped!

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    Does it complete the infinity symbol in the next 28 days?

    • BennyInc@feddit.org
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      No, it actually just appears back on the left side of the path again. No one can explain why, but it almost killed the Apollo guys. Had they been there one day later… Of course they had to go at an almost full moon. Not much to land on, otherwise.

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
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      I’d love a real answer to this lol

      • damnthefilibuster
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        Me too!

  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    hello can I have your house please

  • moistclump
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    Where’s it goin

  • ᛒᛚᚢᛖᛇᚦᛖᚱ (BlueÆther)@no.lastname.nz
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    You did something wrong, the moon appears upside down

    /s

    Great shots though

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