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ValenceE
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Hello to all,
Just a question related to a thought I’ve had for some time now…
Most astronomy interested people now about the earth-moon relationship including tides, locked rotational periods and stuff like optical illusion about moon size as it moves about in the night sky.
Well, for me, another moon related particularity (at least that’s what I make of it) is the fact that, during a solar eclipse both moon’s and sun’s diameters, as they appear to us, are identical, the moon perfectly overlapping the sun. This fact has certainly helped to verify relativity predictions, so here’s my question…
Is this a fortunate physical/natural fact or is it just some optical property I’ve been too lazy to reason out or search for…
Thank you and best regards,
VE
Just a question related to a thought I’ve had for some time now…
Most astronomy interested people now about the earth-moon relationship including tides, locked rotational periods and stuff like optical illusion about moon size as it moves about in the night sky.
Well, for me, another moon related particularity (at least that’s what I make of it) is the fact that, during a solar eclipse both moon’s and sun’s diameters, as they appear to us, are identical, the moon perfectly overlapping the sun. This fact has certainly helped to verify relativity predictions, so here’s my question…
Is this a fortunate physical/natural fact or is it just some optical property I’ve been too lazy to reason out or search for…
Thank you and best regards,
VE