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OMG! IT’S A BIGASS MOON!

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 243 Comments › )
Filed under Academia, Astronomy, Humor, Open thread, Science at March 19th, 2011 - 11:00 pm

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As explained earlier on this post by Coldwarrior, tonight the moon is at Perigree, and happens to be a full moon as well.

In the past 20 years, this is the closest the moon has been to the earth since

*gets out calculator, inputs mass, speed, orbital diaphonistics, trunculates spatial trig functions, opens enhanced trepanation protocol, combines the Farley model with coprolitical analysis, adds algebra*

um, last night. Whew. We’re still alive, so now we can all sit back and enjoy The Overnight Open Thread.