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Supermoon will rise in weekend night sky
FOX NEWS ^
| 06/22/13
| Space.com
Posted on 06/22/2013 6:13:10 PM PDT by Doogle
The largest full moon of 2013, a so-called "supermoon," will light up the night sky this weekend, but there's more to this lunar delight than meets the eye.
On Sunday, June 23, at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT), the moon will arrive at perigee — the point in its orbit its orbit bringing it closest to Earth), a distance of 221,824 miles. Now the moon typically reaches perigee once each month (and on some occasions twice), with their respective distances to Earth varying by 3 percent.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Science
KEYWORDS: moon; supermoon; supermoons
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:13:10 PM PDT
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Doogle
To: Chode
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:13:30 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:15:06 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Doogle
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:19:28 PM PDT
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mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Doogle
How does this damn camera work?
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:20:08 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: cripplecreek
Interesting
I wonder if this effects the Tides any differently?
Or the Crazys out there when there is a full moon?
To: Doogle
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06/22/2013 6:28:10 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:36:43 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: Doogle
This moon is now hovering in the sky over my neighborhood. It is so close that if I took a stepladder to the roof of my house and climbed that stepladder to the top, I could almost touch it. But I would need really good balance so that I don’t fall.
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:37:09 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: cripplecreek
..looks like I’ll break out the ole teleoscope...
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:42:48 PM PDT
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:43:59 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(that's all, folks)
To: BlueDragon
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06/22/2013 6:44:28 PM PDT
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: SunkenCiv
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06/22/2013 6:46:44 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Doogle
With this year’s super moon (we get them about every 14 months), perigee and full moon will be less than a half hour apart. There’s nothing really “super” about it, however. Without something to directly compare it to, a person wouldn’t even notice the size difference.
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06/22/2013 6:52:30 PM PDT
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Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: cripplecreek
That close together, two planets would not survive each other’s tidal forces (the Roche limit). It’s a common oversight by artists. But I’ll just assume someone is using a telephoto lens instead.
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06/22/2013 6:55:52 PM PDT
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Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: mylife
Son, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about.
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posted on
06/22/2013 6:58:02 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Telepathic Intruder
I was thinking about making it a domed scene as if it were a habitat on a large orbiting space station.
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06/22/2013 7:00:00 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
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06/22/2013 7:02:53 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: cripplecreek
...and, I’m a cheapskate.
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posted on
06/22/2013 7:03:18 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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