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Originally posted by Aeriq
Let’s look at what a total solar eclipse is. It is when the diameter of the moon completely covers the diameter of the sun, only showing the sun’s light rays. For this to be possible, the Moon must be exactly 400 time’s closer to Earth than the Sun (at that point in time.) This makes it appear, from the perspective of the viewer from Earth that the Sun and moon are the exact same size. So the Moon's pretty much exactly 400 times smaller than the Sun and 400 times closer to Earth (at full solar eclipse... the yearly average is ~390x).
Examples are the 1:2:4 resonance of Jupiter's moons Ganymede, Europa and Io, and the 2:3 resonance between Pluto and Neptune.
Originally posted by GhostLancer
HOWEVER, *optically* --as visually seen by our eyes from this planet-- they are *identical* in celestial size. They are not off by a small percentage. They are identical. What are the chances of that? Truly ASTRONOMICAL. We really don't appreciate the sheer size of that "coincidence" because, as we might say, "But that's how it's always been!" Well, for us, that's true, but it doesn't eliminate the fact that to have our primary star and singular moon share the identical optical size is very, very rare. It depends on the sizes and distances of two extreme objects in our visual sky PERFECTLY occupying exact distances.
Originally posted by Adept_Zero
The moon's rotation is the same as its revolution. This is called tidal locking and almost every natural satellite in our solar system does this. The aliens-on-the-moon crowd depend on these basic facts not being available to their audience and are generally pretty adept at making mundane questions like these into something mysterious.
The striations you see are simply enormous ejecta blankets spreading outward from the craters they originated from.
Again, this is all very basic astronomy. ET on the moon theorists are very dependent on you not knowing the fundamentals when it comes to space exploration.
This is how ignorance is *truly* denied.
Originally posted by zarp3333
I borrowed a telescope from a friend the other night and actually looked at the magnified moon for the first time. I was immediately struck by the striations.
They reminded me what the moon would look like if it had been dragged across the universe and heated up in the atmosphere of other planets and been bombarded by asteroid fields along the way.
The patterns of craters are round. How could they scrape across the surface for hundreds, if not thousands of kilometers.
I remembered reading Sitchin's explanation that the Annuki had brought the moon into Earth's orbit as a base.
Thats like quoting something from Weekly World News as 100% the truth so do you guys not actaully think before you believe some of the things you read on the net>
Originally posted by rajaten
reply to post by i am just saying
oh hai dere fellow crimefighter
The moon is acting really weird lately. There is a huge media blackout on the subject right now.
Media Blackout Regarding Earth And Moon Orbital Changes:
______beforeitsnews/story/229/227/HUGE_media_blackout_regarding_Earth_and_Moon_orbital_changes.html
Originally posted by rajaten
reply to post by i am just saying
oh hai dere fellow crimefighter
The moon is acting really weird lately. There is a huge media blackout on the subject right now.
Media Blackout Regarding Earth And Moon Orbital Changes:
______beforeitsnews/story/229/227/HUGE_media_blackout_regarding_Earth_and_Moon_orbital_changes.html