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11-30-2017, 02:11 PM
The supermoon ain't all it's cracked up to be
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Have you heard? The supermoon is coming. Yes, that's right. On December 3, the first and last supermoon of 2017 will rise around the world.*
And if the media circus (https://www.google.com/search?q=supermoon&tbm=nws&source=univ&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu7fin4uTXAhWp5YMKHav_AK0Qt8YBCDgoAQ&biw=1436&bih=745) surrounding the supermoon is to be believed, it will be an astounding cosmic show that you can't miss. The moon! It's going to be super! You have to see it!*
Well, I'm here to burst your supermoon bubble.
SEE ALSO: Is Jupiter Earth's Friend or Foe? (http://mashable.com/2014/06/01/jupiter-earth-stable-axis-habitability/)
Here's the deal: It's literally just a full moon. You know what a full moon looks like? Yeah, the supermoon looks like that.*
Supermoons — which is a term first coined by an astrologer (http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-events/2014/07/the-truth-behind-the-super-moon) — occur because the moon's orbit around the Earth isn't exactly circular. When the moon reaches its closest point in orbit during the full phase, that's what has become popularly known as a supermoon.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/the-supermoon-is-stupid/)
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Have you heard? The supermoon is coming. Yes, that's right. On December 3, the first and last supermoon of 2017 will rise around the world.*
And if the media circus (https://www.google.com/search?q=supermoon&tbm=nws&source=univ&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu7fin4uTXAhWp5YMKHav_AK0Qt8YBCDgoAQ&biw=1436&bih=745) surrounding the supermoon is to be believed, it will be an astounding cosmic show that you can't miss. The moon! It's going to be super! You have to see it!*
Well, I'm here to burst your supermoon bubble.
SEE ALSO: Is Jupiter Earth's Friend or Foe? (http://mashable.com/2014/06/01/jupiter-earth-stable-axis-habitability/)
Here's the deal: It's literally just a full moon. You know what a full moon looks like? Yeah, the supermoon looks like that.*
Supermoons — which is a term first coined by an astrologer (http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-events/2014/07/the-truth-behind-the-super-moon) — occur because the moon's orbit around the Earth isn't exactly circular. When the moon reaches its closest point in orbit during the full phase, that's what has become popularly known as a supermoon.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/the-supermoon-is-stupid/)
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