Moon Stuff. Full Moon Tonight!

[makatya]

Something that I found out via a documentary recently got me thinking. I found out that the reason (Pink Floyd esc) that we say the dark side of the moon is that it does not matter what side of the planet you are sitting on you will only ever see the same side of the moon no matter what cycle of our season you are in. The reason is that the moon rotates at exactly the same phase so that it's face stays the same at what ever point of the globe you are at!
Therefore, the side of the moon you see in England will be constant but completely different to the face that you will see in Australia. I love the balance of nature and the fact that the moon rotated at such a rate to mimic the surface of the earth was a bit cool to me.
Is there any other moon or nature related stuff that anyone else has knowledge of about our taken for granted ball that we live on?

Mark.

[Rawwr]

Erm.

[makatya]

Not exactly Biker Banter I know but I am a bit of a Stephen Hawking's fan!

[shot2bits]

makatya said:

Not exactly Biker Banter I know but I am a bit of a Stephen Hawking's fan!

Very random indeed

Could you also let me know how long it would take me to reach my side of the moon on my GSXR?

[pies]

Highest spring tides are about treee days after full moon as the gavitational effect takes that long to pull the water around

[Rawwr]

shot2bits said:

Could you also let me know how long it would take me to reach my side of the moon on my GSXR?

Assuming a road was built from the Earth to the Moon, and assuming gravity of 1G, it'd take you about 53 days, 12hrs and 7mins if you managed to maintain 186mph for the duration.

Next?

[virgil]

Do it now though, the moon is getting 3.8cm further away every year, and with the price of petrol going up...

[roy e6]

makatya said:

Something that I found out via a documentary recently got me thinking. I found out that the reason (Pink Floyd esc) that we say the dark side of the moon is that it does not matter what side of the planet you are sitting on you will only ever see the same side of the moon no matter what cycle of our season you are in. The reason is that the moon rotates at exactly the same phase so that it's face stays the same at what ever point of the globe you are at!
Therefore, the side of the moon you see in England will be constant but completely different to the face that you will see in Australia. I love the balance of nature and the fact that the moon rotated at such a rate to mimic the surface of the earth was a bit cool to me.
Is there any other moon or nature related stuff that anyone else has knowledge of about our taken for granted ball that we live on?

Mark.

What you been smoking???

[hugoagogo]

makatya said:

Therefore, the side of the moon you see in England will be constant but completely different to the face that you will see in Australia.

erm, no
not at all
fink about it, only a tiny difference in the view of the moon from pole to pole, it's very far away you know

more amazin is that the moon is the exact right size and distance to exactly blot out the sun during an eclipse, leaving the corona visible

[zagato]

But how large would the petrol tank need to be? It may end up looking like one of those honey filled ants!

[Sciroccology]

hugoagogo said:

more amazin is that the moon is the exact right size and distance to exactly blot out the sun during an eclipse, leaving the corona visible

When you think about it, that is a pretty amazing coincidence.

[Strangely Brown]

makatya said:

the side of the moon you see in England will be constant but completely different to the face that you will see in Australia

Errr... No. Not quite me old china.

The side of the moon that you see is the same no matter where you are on Earth. The moon rotates such that the same face is always towards the Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Two_sides_of_the_Moon 

Edited by Strangely Brown on Tuesday 28th August 20:49

[Parrot of Doom]

makatya said:

Therefore, the side of the moon you see in England will be constant but completely different to the face that you will see in Australia.

lmfao.

[ganglandboss]

Where I used to work we had a gaffer that used to get ratty when there was a full moon. Apparently it's a real medical phenomena and it's something to do with the moons gravitational pull affecting the pressure in your skull!

Rumour also has it that his fingernails grew and he had to shave sixteen times a day!




All that you touch
And all that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
And all that you love
And all that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
And all that you give
And all that you deal
And all that you buy
Beg, borrow or steal
And all you create
And all you destroy
And all that you do
And all that you say
And all that you eat
And everyone you meet
And all that you slight
And everyone you fight
And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon

"There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."

[fleetelise]

Rawwr said:

shot2bits said:

Could you also let me know how long it would take me to reach my side of the moon on my GSXR?

Assuming a road was built from the Earth to the Moon, and assuming gravity of 1G, it'd take you about 53 days, 12hrs and 7mins if you managed to maintain 186mph for the duration.

Next?

Is the assumption of 1G normal or coincident with the direction of travel - and does it even matter given that you have quoted speed rather than force?

[Streethawk!]

makatya said:

Something that I found out via a documentary recently got me thinking. I found out that the reason (Pink Floyd esc) that we say the dark side of the moon is that it does not matter what side of the planet you are sitting on you will only ever see the same side of the moon no matter what cycle of our season you are in. The reason is that the moon rotates at exactly the same phase so that it's face stays the same at what ever point of the globe you are at!
Therefore, the side of the moon you see in England will be constant but completely different to the face that you will see in Australia. I love the balance of nature and the fact that the moon rotated at such a rate to mimic the surface of the earth was a bit cool to me.
Is there any other moon or nature related stuff that anyone else has knowledge of about our taken for granted ball that we live on?

Mark.

Fcuk me, I thought I had balls for coming out with my Streethawk obsession but thats awesome. Fair play
Move over Don Johnson, This dude is my no.1

[Zad]

Sort of... The Moon does sort of wiggle around a bit, technically known as Lunation.



And as the bloke in the Pink Floyd track said "it's a total myth, it's all fing dark" he was right. From what I remember, average lunar reflectivity is less than 7%.

[TUS 373]

ganglandboss said:

Where I used to work we had a gaffer that used to get ratty when there was a full moon. Apparently it's a real medical phenomena and it's something to do with the moons gravitational pull affecting the pressure in your skull!

Hence where we get the word "Lunatic".

[King Herald]

makatya said:

Therefore, the side of the moon you see in England will be constant but completely different to the face that you will see in Australia. I love the balance of nature and the fact that the moon rotated at such a rate to mimic the surface of the earth was a bit cool to me.
Is there any other moon or nature related stuff that anyone else has knowledge of about our taken for granted ball that we live on?

Mark.

So, I look at a sphere 250,000 miles away, then I move 8000 miles sideways and I can see the other side of the ball 250,000 miles way? I don't think so.

Another snippet: If the moon pulls the seas of the earth towards itself, causing the tides, do you know why there are two tides every 24 hours, and why they are not equispaced time wise?

[vonhosen]

King Herald said:

makatya said:

Therefore, the side of the moon you see in England will be constant but completely different to the face that you will see in Australia. I love the balance of nature and the fact that the moon rotated at such a rate to mimic the surface of the earth was a bit cool to me.
Is there any other moon or nature related stuff that anyone else has knowledge of about our taken for granted ball that we live on?

Mark.

So, I look at a sphere 250,000 miles away, then I move 8000 miles sideways and I can see the other side of the ball 250,000 miles way? I don't think so.

Another snippet: If the moon pulls the seas of the earth towards itself, causing the tides, do you know why there are two tides every 24 hours, and why they are not equispaced time wise?

It's a combination of gravity & the rotational force. On the surface of the earth nearest the moon, gravity is greater than the rotational force. This means there is a net force towards the moon causing a bulge towards the moon. On the opposite side of the earth gravity is less as it is further from the moon, so the rotational force is dominant resulting in a net force away from the moon & a bulge away from the moon.

In the UK our tides are every 12 hours 25mins because when the Earth has rotated for 12 hours the moon has moved on from it's original position & the Earth takes a further 25 mins to catch up.

Edited by vonhosen on Wednesday 29th August 00:30