Saturday, April 6, 2013

Super moon phenomena

SUPER MOON
Super moon is a term used by astrologers to describe the state of the full moon when the moon is in its closest approach to Earth (apse / perigee). The term is not widely accepted, especially among scientists.
specifically, can the super moon is a full moon or a new moon, which is the distance to the earth about 10% or less of the distance to the earth's trajectory. When this phenomenon occurs, the moon appears larger and brighter, although the change is only a few kilometers.

Previous super moon phenomenon occurred in 1955, 1974, 1992, and 2005. On March 19, 2011, [3] in super will have its closest distance in the last 18 years, with forecasting a distance of about 356,577 kilometers (221.567 miles). On March 19, the phenomenon perigee moon, which has a cycle of about 27.3 days, coincided with the full moon that appears every 29 days. When the perigee moon coincided with the full moon, the surface of the moon will appear 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the full moon.

Super moon sometimes be associated with natural disasters, such as earthquakes, the mountain erupted, and others. That's because the timing of the super moon is almost always adjacent to the occurrence of a particular natural disaster. However, the super moon is not strong enough to affect ground or surface volcanoes on Earth, the influence of this super moon phenomenon on earth sea ​​level rise is just about a few inches in some areas.

The influence of the super moon phenomenon to the increased seismic activity would occur in the surface of the moon itself, although the effect is not too large. When in a state of super moon, moon experienced an earthquake. This is detected by seismological instruments left behind by the Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon.

The term super moon was first proposed by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979.

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