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Originally Posted by tracer
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Originally Posted by Grand_Lunar
Also, judging from the scenes with the LOS and lunar sunrise, more than half the moon is in sunlight. Guess its really a neutron star then, huh?
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You mean, because it would have to be rotating in the opposite direction from Apollo 13's orbit, at least as rapidly as Apollo 13 was orbiting it?
Nah, it wouldn't have to be a neutron star to hold together at such a low rotational speed. An ordinary garden variety run-of-the-mill white dwarf would do just as well. |
I referred to a neutron star because you could see more that half of its surface due to graviational distortion. Or something like that. I wasn't reffering to rotational speed. And in that case, for the moon's position to shift against the sun to allow for more than 1/2 to be in sunlight, it would have to have a faster orbit. Kind of like Mercury. Or not. I'm confusing myself now. ](*,)
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