On Nov 13, 11:57 pm, a...@a.a wrote:
> sssmmmmuch more simple
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> ...
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> the only reason we wrote "[ish]"
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> is cos half the plant is facing away from the moon
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> when its full, it's fuyll for everyone
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> imagine how it helped nighttime activities
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> ...lets come bacjk to present day : )) ?
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> > x-no-archive: yes
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> > Hi!
> > Ok, I concur. The moon is full when it's opposite to the sun, when
> > viewed from the earth. There's a small difference, however, as it needs
> > to be opposite to the sun viewed from the observer, and observers on
> > the earth can be at most the diameter of the earth apart. The diameter
> > of the earth is a bit less than 13,000 km, the *radius* of the moon's
> > orbit is more than 300,000 km. The radius of earth's orbit around the
> > sun is about 150,000,000 km. In the end, it seems to be about 2 angular
> > degrees, which the moon passes in a bit less than 4 hours, if I haven't
> > done my calculations wrong.
>
> > Kind regards,
>
> > Hannah(s).
>
>
hee hee
started something with that one didn't you a...@a.a!
we've been pondering it all week, and staring at the moon of course