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Originally posted by Trublbrwing
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Originally posted by Shadowalker
I think the problem here is there is a perception the moon is doing something wrong.
The only way to prove it it would be to cement a tripod into the ground, pin all of the adjustments and take the pictures and compare them to the previous year.
1) the Moon rotates as it orbits the Earth (as seen by an outside observer);
2) it rotates one time for every orbit (to that observer); and
3) if it didn't rotate, we would eventually see all of the Moon as it orbited the Earth.
There is a bit more to this story. We actually can see a bit more than just the one face of the Moon. Because the Moon's orbit is not a perfect circle but actually an ellipse, its spin and rotation don't exactly match up. This means that sometimes the spin lags behind the orbital speed, and sometimes it moves ahead. This in turn means that sometimes we can "peek" around a bit onto the far side of the Moon. This is called "libration". You can see it yourself! If you happen to observe the Moon a week after perigee (closest point to the Earth) and then two weeks later, a week after apogee (farthest point from the Earth) you can see that the face looks like it has rotated a bit. This is easiest to see with binoculars or a small telescope. It's very hard to see with the naked eye, but remember, ancient astronomers knew about this effect long before the invention of the telescope!
Originally posted by Shadowalker
I think the problem here is there is a perception the moon is doing something wrong.
The only way to prove it it would be to cement a tripod into the ground, pin all of the adjustments and take the pictures and compare them to the previous year.
Originally posted by JibbyJedi
So.... you're saying the moon is spinning?
1) the Moon rotates as it orbits the Earth (as seen by an outside observer);
2) it rotates one time for every orbit (to that observer); and
3) if it didn't rotate, we would eventually see all of the Moon as it orbited the Earth.
There is a bit more to this story. We actually can see a bit more than just the one face of the Moon. Because the Moon's orbit is not a perfect circle but actually an ellipse, its spin and rotation don't exactly match up. This means that sometimes the spin lags behind the orbital speed, and sometimes it moves ahead. This in turn means that sometimes we can "peek" around a bit onto the far side of the Moon. This is called "libration". You can see it yourself! If you happen to observe the Moon a week after perigee (closest point to the Earth) and then two weeks later, a week after apogee (farthest point from the Earth) you can see that the face looks like it has rotated a bit. This is easiest to see with binoculars or a small telescope. It's very hard to see with the naked eye, but remember, ancient astronomers knew about this effect long before the invention of the telescope!
www.badastronomy.com...
Not trying to rain on your parade, but it seems to be normal. I personally believe there's far more to the moon than we know about, I'm not a believer in the official "theory" of where the moon came from.
Originally posted by Trublbrwing
Well, well, well. It seems after MANY months of hard work and endless searches the photographic evidence proving a shift in the appearance of the Moon are here.
These images were taken between November 2011 and April 1 2012 in Dublin Ireland and they CLEARLY show the Moon doing things it's not supposed to do.
There are at least three other sets where people with decent camera equipment have been documenting this for more than a year but this one is the best way to show it all at once.
Originally posted by Kangaruex4Ewe
Bad moon!!! Bad! Do what you are supposed to do!