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Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
> clipka wrote:
> > "somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote:
> >> Bah! Of course moon exists, and of course it's made of green cheese. The
> >> real riddle is, does it rotate around its own axis?
> >
> > Depends on whether it actually rotates around the earth ;)
> It actually doesn't. It rotates around the sun. If you actually do the
> math, you find that the attraction of the sun on the moon when it's on the
> sunwards side of the earth is stronger than the attraction of the earth on
> the moon.
It is possible for a body to rotate around more than one other body at
the same time.
Of course with the Earth-Moon system it gets a bit blurry because the
two bodies basically rotate around each other, rather than the Moon purely
rotating around the Earth. The deviation the Moon causes on the Earth is
rather significant (I think it's something like 5000 km).
--
- Warp
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > Depends on whether it actually rotates around the earth ;)
>
> It actually doesn't. It rotates around the sun. If you actually do the
> math, you find that the attraction of the sun on the moon when it's on the
> sunwards side of the earth is stronger than the attraction of the earth on
> the moon.
Oh come on, do you really believe that sun-worshipper propaganda crap? They've
been trying to hype the sun as the king of the sky ever since they put it up
there, when we all know it's no bigger than the moon. Get real man! The moon
was built first (which is why it's not burning any more these days), and
there's really no reason to give the sun any attention. It's just a poor copy
by the Japanese (which still brag with it on their national flag), envious of
the Arabs' achievement at building the moon.
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > I'd say
> > it's lunacy
>
> Caused by a full moon, no doubt.
Ha, gotcha! So you do admit that the moon is hollow - or how could it possibly
be "full" otherwise? :P
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"clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
news:web.4a6e2cc8e4cb2a56842b7b550@news.povray.org...
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > > Depends on whether it actually rotates around the earth ;)
> > It actually doesn't. It rotates around the sun. If you actually do the
> > math, you find that the attraction of the sun on the moon when it's on
the
> > sunwards side of the earth is stronger than the attraction of the earth
on
> > the moon.
> Oh come on, do you really believe that sun-worshipper propaganda crap?
They've
> been trying to hype the sun as the king of the sky ever since they put it
up
> there, when we all know it's no bigger than the moon. Get real man! The
moon
> was built first (which is why it's not burning any more these days), and
> there's really no reason to give the sun any attention.
Plus the sun only comes out during daytime. The moon, by contrast, is much
more useful as it brightens up the night.
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:41:41 -0600, somebody wrote:
> Plus the sun only comes out during daytime. The moon, by contrast, is
> much more useful as it brightens up the night.
Except for when it's either new or hanging around with the sun. ;-)
Jim
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:57:19 -0400, clipka wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> > I'd say
>> > it's lunacy
>>
>> Caused by a full moon, no doubt.
>
> Ha, gotcha! So you do admit that the moon is hollow - or how could it
> possibly be "full" otherwise? :P
Of course it's hollow, where else would the cheesemakers live? ;-)
Jim
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clipka wrote:
>
> Ha, gotcha! So you do admit that the moon is hollow - or how could it possibly
> be "full" otherwise? :P
>
There are people who actually believe the earth is hollow.
I'm sure you could find someone who believes the same about the moon,
and further, is only a hemisphere.
--
~Mike
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clipka wrote:
> Oh come on, do you really believe that sun-worshipper propaganda crap? They've
> been trying to hype the sun as the king of the sky ever since they put it up
> there, when we all know it's no bigger than the moon. Get real man! The moon
> was built first (which is why it's not burning any more these days), and
> there's really no reason to give the sun any attention. It's just a poor copy
> by the Japanese (which still brag with it on their national flag), envious of
> the Arabs' achievement at building the moon.
>
Don't forget the earth is flat, too XD
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't forget the earth is flat, too XD
Yes, but only because the Flat Earth Society conspired to bulldoze it.
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On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:34:52 -0500, Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>
wrote:
>clipka wrote:
>>
>> Ha, gotcha! So you do admit that the moon is hollow - or how could it possibly
>> be "full" otherwise? :P
>>
>
>There are people who actually believe the earth is hollow.
>
Like me! There is a big machine inside. Have you seen my Tina CHep animation for
this round?
>I'm sure you could find someone who believes the same about the moon,
>and further, is only a hemisphere.
Why build a whole sphere? Save material!
--
Regards
Stephen
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