Very Interesting Quiz

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| Many days later, the answer struck me.

 

Coincidentally the same question occurred to me about a week back...

 

 

| So the horizon on all sides, is BELOW the rectangle we can draw stretching

| from our eyes, perpendicular to our bodies. So we see both the King & Queen

| of the planets at the same time, both above the horizon, & yet a part of

| the E is between them. I hope this answer is right, 'coz that's what I told

| my boy eventually.

 

My reasoning was different from yours. And today I looked it up on the web

to make sure my thinking was correct (because it was a little difficult to

visualize)

 

The lunar phases are not because of the earth's shadow falling on the moon

- that occurs only during lunar eclipses. The phases are simply due to the

relative positions of the sun, moon and the earth. When we see a half-moon

it is not because the dark half is under the shadow of the earth - the

dark half is simply not illuminated by the sun because of it being

opposite to the sun. I am sure my explanation is not at all clear (it's

not to me either!). So here's a web-site which gives wonderful graphical

descriptions and also answers some other questions which come up

 

http://www.calvin.edu/~lmolnar/moon/

 

(You will need a Java-enabled browser to look at the graphics which is a

Java applet)

 

 

 

| The Sn is nearest the Earth, NOT in summer, but at the equinoxes (spring/

| autumn) & furthest & equidistant at BOTH summer & winter. Its 'cos due to

 

 

Correction again. The Earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion) around the

time of winter solstice and farthest (aphelion) around the time of summer

solstice. The difference in distance is actually quite small (in

astronomical terms) - distance at perihelion is only about 3% smaller than

distance at aphelion.

 

Here's a web-site which explains the seasons and their relation to the

earth's orbit (that's where I got the 3% from)

 

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/seasons_orbit.html

 

 

Vinod

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So the horizon on all sides, is BELOW the rectangle we can draw

stretching

from our eyes, perpendicular to our bodies. So we see both the

King & Queen

of the planets at the same time, both above the horizon, &

yet a part of

the E is between them. I hope this answer is right, 'coz that's

what I told

my boy eventually.

Hare Krishna.

I was reading this message, and the question is very interesting. Something

like that happens to me on Purnima (Full Moon Day). In the morning, around

7:30 am, i was walking, and it was very strange to see Surya and Candra

at the same time. None one of them was near of the horizon. The last answer

gives some hints. I hope this helps too:

"Atmospheric refraction is the bending of light while passing through

the Earth's atmosphere. As a ray of light penetrates the atmosphere, it

encounters layers of air of increasing density, resulting in the continuous

bending of the light. As a result, a star (or the Sun's limb, etc.) will

appear higher in the sky than its true position. The atmospheric refraction,

wich is zero in the zenith, increases toward the horizon. An an altitiude

of 45º, the refraction is about one arcminute; at he horizon, it amounts

to about 35'. Thus the Sun and the Moon are actually below the horizon

when they appear to be rising. Moreover, the rapidly changing refraction

at low altitudes gives the rising or setting Sun its familiar oval appearance.

Actually, the amount of refraction changes with temperature, pressure,

and the elevation of the observer..."

Jean Meeus. "Astronomical Algorithms".

Your sisya:

Arjuna-vallabha das.

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