• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    3 days ago

    Yo I’ve had to explain to way too many people lately that the far side isn’t “dark”. When there’s a new moon the light is on the other side…

    • Onsotumenh@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 days ago

      Got a friend who is a bit of a alien conspiracy nut. Shortly before Moonfall he started with the hollow moon alien base theory (I was laughing tears when I saw the trailer). He said the moon is the only satellite in our solar system that doesn’t rotate and that is proof.

      You should have seen his face when I demonstrated with a phone and a bottle of beer that the moon does indeed rotate once every full orbit. It got even better when I explained that one day we will loose the moon cause it very slowly drifts away from us.