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Title: Super moon
Post by: Jitendra Hy-do-u-no-us? on Mar 05, 2019 07:17 am
su·per·moon
[ˈso͞opərˌmo͞on]
NOUN
super-moon (noun)
the phenomenon whereby the moon appears particularly large in the sky owing to the coincidence of its closest approach to the earth (the perigee) with a full (or new) moon.


Title: Re: Super moon
Post by: Jitendra Hy-do-u-no-us? on Mar 05, 2019 08:03 am
It's a term — or, more specifically, a branding — of relatively recent origin; it came not from astronomy, but astrology, and was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. Nolle arbitrarily defined a supermoon as a new or full moon that occurs when the natural satellite is at or near (within 90 percent of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit (perigee).


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.space.com/amp/supermoon-syndrome-february-full-moon-2019.html