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 |