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Originally posted by Acharya
. And so also with the Libya attacks starting today March 13. 2011
Originally posted by pazcat
reply to post by Vio1ion
Nope, they did not call it a supermoon, it was mentioned once in passing as a reference to internet rumours and was quoted so it was made clear it wasn't their terminology.
SuperMoon is a word I coined in a 1979 article for Dell Publishing Company's HOROSCOPE magazine, describing a new or full moon which occurs with the Moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit.
Originally posted by boncho
SuperMoon is a word I coined in a 1979 article for Dell Publishing Company's HOROSCOPE magazine, describing a new or full moon which occurs with the Moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit.
Supermoon is a term created by Astrologist Richard Nolle (Not Astronomist!)
It's a crackpot term and idea that references the perigee of the moon and tries to attribute nonsense to a very normal process.
Originally posted by pazcat
reply to post by Acharya
Smart enough to know it's not March 13th.
But carry on.
It's called a perigee, it was officially coined ''supermoon' by the numpty's at wiki 4 days ago.edit on 19-3-2011 by pazcat because: (no reason given)
Its a real physical event, you can actually measure that the moon is closer with scientific instruments today, you know..
Who cares if it has two names and if one name was coined by an astrologist. Stop being an ass...