RE: Geocentric Earth
July 28, 2018 at 3:54 am
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2018 at 3:55 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Quote:So what your saying is that during a new moon the moon is being eclipsed by earth? Because the moon orbits the earth. So, no reflection. Therefore, not visible to the naked eye. And because, only the earth facing the moon could see it otherwise, anyway, only with a enhanced eye looking in the correct place. I'm cool with that.
But then, I should be able to see the new moon, using a telescope, when I am rotated to face the eclipsed new moon. Of course, the other side of earth has no chance at such an observation. How am I doing so far?
Who said anything about an eclipse? The moon isn't being occluded, it simply isn't in the proper position to shine by light reflected by the Earth.
Boru
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