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Top Moon Conspiracy
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Others claim that they just can't sleep on the
night of a full moon. Though there are studies
aimed at trying to find a link between a full
moon and these activities, they have all come up
short. For example, a 1985 literature review
found that there was no link between the full
moon and timing of mental illness, criminal
behavior or other such human activities.
The supermoon can cause disasters
A supermoon is when the full moon looks really
big because it happens to be on its closest swing
by our planet. Because it's closer, it does exert Is NASA lying to us?
more gravitational pull on our planet than usual,
which has led some to theorize that it causes
natural disasters.
But supermoons have no effect on
disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis,
according to a previous Live Science report. "A
lot of studies have been done on this kind of
thing by USGS scientists and others," John
Bellini, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological
Survey previously told Live Science. "They are preparing to witness the
haven't found anything significant at all."
Moon Facts...
The Moon (or Luna) is the Earth’s only
natural satellite and was formed 4.6 billion
years ago around some 30–50 million years
after the formation of the solar system. The
Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth
meaning the same side is always facing the
Earth. The first unmanned mission to the
Moon was in 1959 by the Soviet Lunar
Program with the first manned landing being
Apollo 11 in 1969.
The dark side of the moon is a
myth.
In reality both sides of the Moon see
the same amount of sunlight however only
one face of the Moon is ever seen from
Earth. This is because the Moon rotates
around on its own axis in exactly the same
time it takes to orbit the Earth, meaning the ‘calculations’.
same side is always facing the Earth. The
side facing away from Earth has only been
seen by the human eye from spacecraft.
A person would weigh much less on
the Moon.
The Moon has much weaker gravity
than Earth, due to its smaller mass, so you
would weigh about one sixth (16.5%) of
your weight on Earth. This is why the lunar
astronauts could leap and bound so high in
the air.
For more interesting facts and myths watch
The ‘X’ Zone TV Channel on SimulTV.com
With that in mind, the video asks why
the idea of seeing Long Island from London
Moon is only 4 MILES with a telescope is a ridiculous concept.
The video says: “Yet NASA is telling
from Earth claims you you’re able to see something half that size
from 238,900 miles away – over 69 times farther
shock 'evidence' than the distance from London to New York.
“And that’s with the unaided eyes.”
STARGAZERS across the globe ThePottersClay then claims to “do the
math” by scaling down the distance from the
moon by 60,000 percent without any
spectacular January Super Blue explanation as to why he chose that specific
number.
Blood Moon, but a flat Earth
He says: “If you bring down Tycho’s 54
conspiracist has broken the silence miles by 60,000 percent you’ll get about 4.75
to reveal how NASA have feet.
“Then do the same math with the
supposedly lied about the distance distance to the moon and you get right at 4
from the moon. miles.”
The bunkum video comes after popular
By Sebastian Kettley YouTube conspiracist Ritchie from Boston,
similarly alleged that the moon is only 4.7 miles
The Guardian
from Earth.
The popular video maker brazenly
It is a scientific fact that the moon averages a
distance of around 238,855 miles (384,400 km) claimed NASA have been lying to everyone
about the moon, chemtrails and many other
from Earth, but conspiracists are disputing this
things.
figure.
He said: “That’s crazy. They’re lying to
A crackpot conspiracy video uploaded
to YouTube by ThePottersClay 2 alleges to have us. Do not believe NASA because they are lying
crunched the numbers to reveal that the moon is about our entire origin.”
actually four miles from Earth. But despite what these self-proclaimed
The video kicks off with a warning to ‘truthers’ might claim, there is ample scientific
the viewers to “prepare yourself”, as it proof to rubbish their conspiracy theories.
unleashes its hogwash theories and NASA have been able to very accurately
track the distance from Earth to the moon,
The video says: “NASA tells us Tycho thanks to the use of powerful lasers and Lunar
measures 86 km in diameter. Eighty-six km Laser Ranging RetroReflectors left on the moon
equals about 53.4 miles. by the Apollo 15 mission.
The US space agency explained: “The
“So almost half the size of Long Island
if you were to compare the two. distance to these retroreflectors from the Earth
can be and is still routinely measured to the
“We are told the distance from the Earth centimetre level or better, and their relative
to the moon is 238,900 miles. The distance from positions are known to a similar level.
New York to London is 3,456 miles. “Such measurements can be used for
“Let’s assume for a moment the Earth several purposes, such as precisely determining
was flat and we’re using the best telescope the orientation and orbit of the Moon, testing
money can buy. Do you think we could see gravitation and general relativity theories, and
Long Island from London?” for establishing a highly precise latitude and
The conspiracy video goes on to
longitude coordinate frame for the moon."
underline that there is a big difference in how To see the video, goto
far the naked eye can see when compared to www.SimulTV.com, on The ’X’ Zone TV
telescope zoom lenses.
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