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Calling Astro...Please come in and explain how this works???..It's freaking me out.....
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What is your proof? Just saying the speed of the Moon doesn't matter doesn't make it so.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78954816 Here is my proof: Draw three concentric circles and draw a wedge into it. Consider two planes flying, one on the outer circle and one on the next to outer circle; both planes flying at the same speed. The idea here is to consider how long it takes each plane to cover the distance on the inner circle between the two places the wedge intersects it. Clearly, the inner circle plane will take less time to do this than the outer circle plane. Therefore, what matters in the case of the eclipse is not the speed of the moon and the speed of the rotation of the Earth, it is their angular speeds. I have already explained this to you. Even though the outer plane takes more time to cover the same ground its shadow on the inner most circle moves faster than the plane moving on the middle circle. You have take sun into account and how shadow is formed on Earth's surface. It's really not that hard if you just look at the videos and try to understand it. I am assuming this is the video you are referring to, and I have already addressed this video; I referred to it as full of shit. The center of the moons shadow will always be found by drawing a line through the centers of the sun and moon and extending it to the Earth. And the speed of it will be the same as the angular speed of the moon which is 0.6 degrees per hour in the West to East direction end of story. But this speed is overrun by the Earth's rotation angular speed of 15 degrees per hour, end of story. The video is lying to you, much like everything else lies to you; for example the TV, the news, movie stars, etc... Now if you want me to take you seriously you will have to either debunk my proof, or back your statement with a proof, your statement being: "Even though the outer plane takes more time to cover the same ground its shadow on the inner most circle moves faster" This is what is called in the scientific community "pulling something outta your ass" bwahahahahaha (unless you can prove it) You can try this yourself by taking a flashlight, putting it on and pointing it at a wall from some distance away. Now take your finger and run it across the beam of light. Does the shadow of your finger on the wall go faster than your finger? Yes it does. That's essentially the same mechanic that makes the shadow of the moon go faster on the surface of the Earth than what the rotation speed of the Earth is.
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