Extreme Super (Full) Moon

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Coming up later this month (March 19 to be exact) the moon will make its closest approach to Earth (called lunar perigee) in 18 years. A new or full moon at 90% or greater of its closest perigee to Earth has been named a "SuperMoon" by astrologer Richard Nolle. This term has been recently picked up by astronomers. An extreme "SuperMoon" is when the moon is full or new as well as at its 100% greater mean perigee (closest) distance to earth. By this definition, last month's full moon, this month's and next month's will all be extreme "SuperMoons".
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Why does the Moon follow us?

If I was the Moon id be sick of all these people landing on me, leaving junk behind and sticking in different flags.... at least id go for a holiday to one of the other planets, if not make the move permanent.

Space makes no sense to me, everything moves in circles, looks like a circle and probably tastes like a circle (im looking at you mini cheddars). Why cant the scientists come up with a square looking planet, or a planet that chugs around in a trapezium type way?

Spicen it up a bit.
 
mlbtheshow said:
Why does the Moon follow us?

If I was the Moon id be sick of all these people landing on me, leaving junk behind and sticking in different flags.... at least id go for a holiday to one of the other planets, if not make the move permanent.

Space makes no sense to me, everything moves in circles, looks like a circle and probably tastes like a circle (im looking at you mini cheddars). Why cant the scientists come up with a square looking planet, or a planet that chugs around in a trapezium type way?

Spicen it up a bit.
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Have you not heard of The Battle of Hastings?

:rolleyes:
 
Astrologists love this kinda thing. Fact is this "closest approach" is only marginally closer than it normally gets at perigee anyway. But people hear "closest it's been in years" and go off thinking it's going to be interfering with their conifers and raining moon rock on their head.

As for thinking it may cause earthquakes - it may not be TOO far-fetched. Though not as directly as people may think. The Moon's gravity is not strong enough to move the plates. However as we all know, it is mighty enough to shift water.

At a very close approach, tides will be at their highest where they are high, and similarly low where they are low. A lower-than-ever tide would mean that the water pressure on the sea bed directly below where the water is being drawn back would equally be the lowest it's ever been. A seabed wanting to push up due to tectonic slipping would therefore be encountering the least resistance from the table of water above it's ever had to push against, and would be better poised to slip upward.

However the element of the the ocean pressing down on tectonic plates affecting slippage is barely understood; no real science has been done regarding it.

But to reiterate, this "close moon" is in reality less than 0.1% closer than it normally gets every month anyway. It's technically very close, but effectively means nothing.

But that won't stop the astrologists/2012 conspirators having a field day.
 
Everything these crackpots are basing their opinions on is based in Astrology, which historically is about as reliable as palm reading. They don't deserve any more attention than someone standing on the corner shouting "THE END IS NIGH!"
 
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Fenris said:
Everything these crackpots are basing their opinions on is based in Astrology, which historically is about as reliable as palm reading. They don't deserve any more attention than someone standing on the corner shouting "THE END IS NIGH!"
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Are you disputing the fact that the moon is responsible for the tides?

I'll happily admit to not being an expert on these things, but I can see how it's perfectly plausible that an object with a reasonable gravitational force could have an effect on our planet.
 
Pete.Dakota said:
But to reiterate, this "close moon" is in reality less than 0.1% closer than it normally gets every month anyway. It's technically very close, but effectively means nothing.
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About 240 miles closer than it would normally get, which in astronomical terms isn't even worth mentioning, but in close systems like satellites is a bit more notable than "effectively meaning nothing".
 
My God I was unfortunate enough to stumble upon a friend when he was watching some crap that David Icke was spewing about the moon being hollow and that it is actually a giant space ship that controls our minds...WOW

What did they give this poor man during the 60's that has left him so completely whacked for so many years!!
 
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