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"The animation archived on this page shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 20
by panacea 15y ago
"The animation archived on this page shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2011, at hourly intervals. The Current Moon image is the frame from this animation for the current hour.
This marks the first time that accurate shadows at this level of detail are possible in such a computer simulation."
It's a sim.
- ColinWright 15y agoHah - interesting. I stand corrected, and I thank you.
- panacea 15y agoNP. It was non-obvious from the YouTube description. I had to dig around for confirmation it was a sim. I was scratching my head after your mild assertion.