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- Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Phobos South Pole from Mars Express (2011 Jan 24)
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Re: APOD: Phobos South Pole from Mars Express (2011 Jan 24)
Interesting that the earlier APOD of 2010 March 17 estimated the break up and crash at 20 million years while this one estimates it at 100 millions years. I guess I won't wait for it after all.
- Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:51 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Earth - Moon System (1995 Jun 29)
- Replies: 10
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APOD: The Earth - Moon System (1995 Jun 29)
I refer you to http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950629.html and always wonder. Where can I find an explanation of how the Earth, roughly 8,000 miles across and the Moon, roughly 2,000 miles across can be roughly 200,000 - 250,000 miles apart and yet appear so close and so large in proportion to th...