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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Everyone seems to forget the third state "apocalypse" where the sun is somehow in between the earth and moon.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As long as the earth-sun orbit stays close to 1 au, then ejecting the moon into it's own solar orbit wouldn't necessarily be world ending. There would probably be some aquatic life extinctions from the loss of tides, and some nocturnal species might be affected by the change in light levels.

The sun diameter is 1.4 million kilometers, and the earth-moon orbital radius is 0.38 million kilometers. So trying stick the sun between the earth and moon at the current orbital radius just makes the sun 1/333000th more massive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

"Ladies and gentlemen, we may have slight problem.."

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So what the fuck is a new moon

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The moon has monthly cycles. When the moon isn't visible, it's because it has died. But in just a few days, it will revive like the mighty Phoenix and be visible again. This is known as a "new moon" because it's not the same moon you saw last month.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I can't wait for ChatGPT and AI search results to pick this up as the definitive answer

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love how the sizes of the sun, moon, and earth are the same.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

That's why the moon can eclipse the sun when we're also all the same distance apart. Crazy coincidence, but undeniable given this educational material.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh damn. There is a magic guy in the sky controlling everything!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

not astronomy, ok, but what about a "total eclipse of the heart"? memeable?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I ain't tryna learn all that.