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[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Everyone seems to forget the third state "apocalypse" where the sun is somehow in between the earth and moon.

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As long as the earth-sun orbit stays close to 1 au, then ejecting the moon into it's own solar orbit wouldn't necessarily be world ending. There would probably be some aquatic life extinctions from the loss of tides, and some nocturnal species might be affected by the change in light levels.

The sun diameter is 1.4 million kilometers, and the earth-moon orbital radius is 0.38 million kilometers. So trying stick the sun between the earth and moon at the current orbital radius just makes the sun 1/333000th more massive.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

"Ladies and gentlemen, we may have slight problem.."

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 29 points 1 month ago
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh damn. There is a magic guy in the sky controlling everything!

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love how the sizes of the sun, moon, and earth are the same.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That's why the moon can eclipse the sun when we're also all the same distance apart. Crazy coincidence, but undeniable given this educational material.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So what the fuck is a new moon

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The moon has monthly cycles. When the moon isn't visible, it's because it has died. But in just a few days, it will revive like the mighty Phoenix and be visible again. This is known as a "new moon" because it's not the same moon you saw last month.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 12 points 1 month ago

I can't wait for ChatGPT and AI search results to pick this up as the definitive answer

[–] ryan_harg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

not astronomy, ok, but what about a "total eclipse of the heart"? memeable?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I ain't tryna learn all that.