Tuesday, December 06, 2011

a whole year of moon orbits compressed into 2.5 minutes.

See this link for a visualization of a whole year of moon orbits compressed into 2.5 minutes.
http://earthsky.org/space/one-year-of-the-moon-in-2-5-minutes

The moon appears to wobble as we watch a visualization of a whole year of orbits compressed into 2.5 minutes.

This computer simulation video, from the Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, uses data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to visualize how the Moon will look to us on Earth during the entire year of 2011. It compresses one month into 12 seconds and one year into 2.5 minutes.

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