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Moon Flashes Far Side During Earth 'Photobomb'
Seeker ^
| 07/11/2016
Posted on 07/11/2016 8:26:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
It stands to reason that if you put an Earth-observing satellite beyond the moon's orbit, there might be the chance that occasionally the moon may drift in front. And in the case of the joint NOAA/NASA/U.S. Air Force Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), this is the the second time the moon has made an Earth transit spectacle.
"For the second time in the life of DSCOVR, the moon moved between the spacecraft and Earth," said Adam Szabo, DSCOVR project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in a statement "The project recorded this event on July 5 with the same cadence and spatial resolution as the first 'lunar photobomb' of last year."
(Excerpt) Read more at seeker.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: dscovr; moon
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Six second video at the link
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:26:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:31:21 PM PDT
by
cba123
( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
To: BenLurkin
That shows how dark the moon really is (albedo=0.12) compared to Earth (albedo=0.3).
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:34:17 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
To: BenLurkin
Why that sneaky little moon’s at it again I see.
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:37:16 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(Blame others for your failures? Take credits where none are do? Who made you Pharaoh?)
To: BenLurkin
That looks weird and off perspective.
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:38:13 PM PDT
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: BenLurkin
Cool, I love Gary Larson’s Far Side comic strip!
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:46:59 PM PDT
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
To: Axenolith
I agree. It looks like cheesy, fake animation. View from beyond the moon, ok, but that would make the moon larger in perspective unless that satellite is on its way to Mars. Wouldn't it?
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:52:42 PM PDT
by
Ophiucus
To: BenLurkin
If you squint at the picture you can see the UFO bases...
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:53:05 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:57:54 PM PDT
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
To: Ophiucus
DSCOVR is 1 million miles from Earth (closer to the sun). the moon is 1/4 million miles from Earth.
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:58:55 PM PDT
by
So Cal Rocket
(Task 1: Accomplished, Task 2: Hold them Accountable!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:00:43 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
To: right way right
Albedo is how much light an object reflects.
0.12 means the moon is dark gray, not the nearly white it appears in the sky.
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:06:03 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
To: BenLurkin
Very cool (no pun intended). :/
At first,I thought that guy in the video was a typically androgynous millennials fag, but I thought his explanation was pretty well done!
To: BenLurkin
The James Webb Telescope is going to be placed in Orbit beyond the Moon in 2018 I believe. If they screwed it up, they can’t go and fix it like the Hubble.
It will make the Hubble Telescope look like a kid’s Backyard Telescope.
Imagine if they built a massive Telescope on the Moon.
No Atmospheric distortion whatsoever. It would be amazing.
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:07:44 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
To: right way right
Curious, what is albedo?1. A word, the meaning of which you can find on the Internet (Wikipedia) in about 3 seconds.
2. A word which was taught to you in 8th-grade science class.
3. The reflectivity of a celestial body (the Moon has an albedo of about 6% - similar to coal; the Earth has an albedo of 35%).
Regards,
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:09:02 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: BenLurkin
Moon Flashes Far Side... Insert Gary Larson cartoon here.
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:14:42 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: alexander_busek
4. A question you can ask friends to join a conversation as a peer without being insulted and belittled.
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:17:17 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: Celerity
4. A question you can ask friends to join a conversation as a peer without being insulted and belittled. Sorry! Didn't mean to demean!
Regards,
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:19:23 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: Ophiucus
but that would make the moon larger in perspective unless that satellite is on its way to Mars. By real size the moon is a little bigger than 1/4 of the Earth's diameter (3474 km vs. 12742 km) but appears a little more than 1/3 Earth's size from DSCOVR (0.18° vs 0.49°)
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:20:22 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
To: BenLurkin
are there less craters on the far side?
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posted on
07/11/2016 9:24:37 PM PDT
by
blueplum
(March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
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