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Delicious-Day-3332 OP t1_jbwomfi wrote
Reply to comment by Instameat in Can the moon affect sleep patterns? by Delicious-Day-3332
Uh oh. I never considered a "Cloaking Moon." 😳 Now, that's an interesting consideration.
Instameat t1_jbwnm5a wrote
It's always a full moon you just can't see it.
DragonWhsiperer t1_jbwnef1 wrote
Reply to comment by astro_pettit in I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit
Awesome shot, and i always find these pics of earth looking time lapse photo/videos fascinating. I wonder what is happening in the top left with the startrails? They just stop or seem to reverse or something?
boundegar t1_jbwn4os wrote
Sure it can, that's not even fringe science - it's well-established. Don't discount the effect of gravity; it may be weak, but it's strong enough to pull the ocean all out of shape.
Also, the moon is a great big light in the sky. Light affects behavior and sleep - but not through your ears..
Delicious-Day-3332 OP t1_jbwn1x2 wrote
Reply to comment by jaa101 in Can the moon affect sleep patterns? by Delicious-Day-3332
Thank you for that. I hate it when my saccule & utricle get discombobulated. The moon still intrigues me - especially full moons & eclipses.
Hattix t1_jbwmxwi wrote
You wouldn't need an interstellar object, there are plenty of local objects which can impact Earth too.
Interstellar objects, however, travel faster due to their hyperbolic excess and so would be more difficult to detect.
It would be possible to stop it if it is detected very early and we have a deflector mission ready on the launchpad, the idea behind asteroid deflection is you have a precise orbit for them and impact them early enough such that the small change in trajectory you make is enough to make it miss Earth completely.
In practise, this is probably not feasible.
jaa101 t1_jbwmk8u wrote
> Can lunar gravitational forces affect the inner ear?
Technically yes, because gravity reaches infinitely far. Practically no; the moon is 80 times less massive and 60 times farther away than the earth, meaning it affects us 300 000 times less strongly. That's far beyond the sensitivity limit of the human saccule and utricle.
AimlessRed t1_jbwm6y6 wrote
Reply to I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit
Mr. Pettit…just curious how copyright works with your images. Does it belong to you, NASA, some kind of joint arrangement given the unique situation?
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Delicious_Wrap4944 t1_jbwlw1n wrote
When it’s a full moon and the light is coming through my window definitely harder to fall asleep 😂😂 my blinds suck
TheRedditornator t1_jbwlply wrote
Reply to I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit
Am I the only one who thought at first this was inside a club with a laser projector on the ceiling and someone's legs on the right?
Delicious-Day-3332 OP t1_jbwlp48 wrote
A repot from BBC looked at this. What do you think?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190731-is-the-moon-impacting-your-mood-and-wellbeing
VoiceOfSoftware t1_jbwj2y6 wrote
Reply to I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit
Finally, an an answer to all the deniers who ask "where are the stars?!?" :)
and_dont_blink t1_jbwifwu wrote
Reply to I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit
i've never wished more for a high-resolution version of a photo for my desktop
ZalmoxisRemembers t1_jbwids2 wrote
Reply to comment by stanerd in What if an interstellar object like Oumuamua crashes into Earth? by stanerd
Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_low-shear-velocity_provinces and this video about them: https://youtu.be/X-EZjEJc8Bo
The theory is that these large objects we see in the mantle are remnants of Theia (the planet that crashed into Earth).
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The_Phreak t1_jbwfx3w wrote
Reply to comment by astro_pettit in I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit
This was one of the most era defining photographs for me when it came out. It just made things seem that much closer to us.
SuperDuperTango t1_jbwfljq wrote
Reply to I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit
Can we buy a print of this anywhere? This is fantastic.
ASearchingLibrarian t1_jbwf1jd wrote
So the meteor known as CNEOS 2014–01–08 is believed to be interstellar. It wasn't detected before entering the atmosphere, but was tracked as it did --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNEOS_2014-01-08
The Galileo Project at Harvard Uni has received funding for an expedition to recover CNEOS 2014–01–08 --
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/message-in-an-interstellar-bottle-c393ea526e9f
Prof Avi Loeb talking about it to NZ TV --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbt9n76VqRo
WillhelmWallace t1_jbwe74d wrote
Reply to comment by stewake in Space Force allocates three historic Cape Canaveral launch pads to four companies by Azurebluenomad
Grizzly Adams DID have a beard!
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tiregroove t1_jbwbeex wrote
Do you see the Gulf Of Mexico? Like that. Google 'Chicxulub crater.'
bengosu t1_jbwagwv wrote
Reply to comment by stanerd in What if an interstellar object like Oumuamua crashes into Earth? by stanerd
Yeah sure. Why even worry about this?
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