Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was an article about it in the Contra Costa Times this morning. Last was 133 years ago, and next is in another 100+ years. It is the coincidence of three things -- full moon, moon at perigee (closest to earth) and Winter Solstice (North Pole furthest from Sun) which is close to perihiion (closest to Sun). How could the earth be closest to the sun in its ellitical orbit more than once a year? Or at Winter Solstie more than once a year? Tom - ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Bay Area Lug/Leg impromptu yosemite trip? > At 09:30 AM 12/17/1999 -0800, Tom Schofield wrote: > >I am planning to goup to Yosemite on 12-22-99 to take pictures and witness > >the infamous Great Full Moon. > > Hmm. There really is no "Great Full Moon". This phenomena happens a > couple of times each year, it turns out. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > >