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The shriking Moon

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Science

 

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Craig H

 

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August 12, 2016

 

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On the horizon, the Moon appears to be much larger and has a deeper orange tint than the usual white it gives off when directly above us in the night sky. Is this apparent change in size a trick or optical illusion, or is there some outside force at work that causes the Moon to move closer on the horizon? This is the question that this paper will attempt to test, discuss, and solve...
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However, it is really the same actual size as it is at any other point in the sky. The Moon's orbit is nearly a perfect circle with an eccentricity of .05, and is an average 384,000 kilometers away. Therefore it is impossible for the Moon to be closer or further in a matter of hours. In order to prove this hypothesis, the angular sizes of the full Moon will be taken when the Moon is directly above the horizon, and thus at the point where it looks the largest to the human eye, and then again when the Moon is nearly directly above us in the sky, and thus at the point where it looks smallest...
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