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minus-squareSculptus Poe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-21 year agoThe moon takes up only around 0.00077% of the visible area of the sky. That’s a pretty small target. A deviation of .52 degrees from any point on the moon you are aiming from earth will miss.
minus-squareGottaHaveFaith@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoAlso it moves at 1 km/s around its orbit
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSo you have almost an hour before it passes you. Easy mode.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’ma roll coal at that speeder motherfuck. Slow the shitass down.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt is slowing down, it loses energy to the tides
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoAnd begging your pardon sir, it’s a big ass sky.
The moon takes up only around 0.00077% of the visible area of the sky. That’s a pretty small target. A deviation of .52 degrees from any point on the moon you are aiming from earth will miss.
Also it moves at 1 km/s around its orbit
So you have almost an hour before it passes you. Easy mode.
I’ma roll coal at that speeder motherfuck. Slow the shitass down.
It is slowing down, it loses energy to the tides
And begging your pardon sir, it’s a big ass sky.