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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 64 points 2 months ago

Astrophysicist here: This is caused by the moon developing a crescent shape at each end of the path, resulting in a boomerang-like behavior where the rotational velocity of the moon causes it to return back to where it was thrown.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

You spelled Astralphysicist wrong.

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Wait a minute

[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Fucking lol!

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 39 points 2 months ago

It's beautiful, but unfortunately a fake. This is from a reddit comment for years ago:

This is supposed to represent a lunar analemma, but it's completely faked. And not just in the sense that it's a composite, in the sense that the relative sizes and positions are completely made up.

This is an actual analemma, with correct scaling:

[-] SuperSleuth@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

Apologies, I am but a humble reposter and didn't check :⁠,⁠-⁠)

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

No worries, I was just checking if it was by the guy that usually shares his setups. But then I found the other thread instead

[-] teft@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

This shape is called an analemma for anyone looking for more info.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 2 months ago

I wonder if that's the inspiration for the infinity symbol?

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[-] teft@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Stone if given the choice.

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Thompson actually

[-] FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 13 points 2 months ago
[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 2 months ago

It sure is. I audibly gasped!

[-] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

No offense to the moon but I could go way further than that in 28 days.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Maybe in a couple of months, but it really lets its fitness go in the off-season.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Not taking into account movement forward/backward, and with an admittedly very crude measurement method, the total path is roughly 174,875 km. If you took a 7.4 hr flight every day for 28 days straight*, you could possibly beat the moon. Probably give a Taylor Swift a run for her money, too.

*If you only did "work days", you'd have to fly 10.3 hours a day.

[-] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Does it complete the infinity symbol in the next 28 days?

[-] BennyInc@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago

No, it actually just appears back on the left side of the path again. No one can explain why, but it almost killed the Apollo guys. Had they been there one day later… Of course they had to go at an almost full moon. Not much to land on, otherwise.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

I'd love a real answer to this lol

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

hello can I have your house please

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Where’s it goin

[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 points 2 months ago

You did something wrong, the moon appears upside down

/s

Great shots though

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