The Eclipse

[Qball]

Think about it. The planet we all live on is exactly the correct distance from our moon. The moon is exactly the correct distance from our sun. Furthermore, the size of each object is exactly the right size to cause a total solar or lunar eclipse in certain areas of our planet at certain times.

Chance or coincidence? I personally don't believe so. This is a personal observation of mine. Please don't ruin this thread by injecting a bunch of negative comments. Thanks.

 

[Sandman_NC]

I'm glad to be off work to enjoy it!

 

[Tailhunter]

It so nice for someone else to be in charge of all that and not worry about it.
It will all last as long as it is supposed to.

 

[Howland]

Earth is an oddity with a moon so large relative to it's own size. A strong argument could be made that it is a double planet rather than a planet/moon.

Our moon appears the same size in the sky as the sun, but that will change over time. The moon is moving further away and the sun will get larger as it ages until there will be no totality anywhere on Earth's surface.

Chance on the size relationship, coincidence on the timing coming during our lifetime.

 

[Qball]

Total eclipses happen quite frequently in the grand scheme of things, depending on where you are at the time. I hate posting facts from somewhere like Wikipedia. But here it is:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century

 

[NCFubar]

While you are thinking about the size and distance of the Moon think back to November of 1969 when the Apollo 12's Lunar Module's ascent package and in April of 1970 when the final booster stage of Apollo 13 crashed on the Moon's surface on purpose and rang it "like a bell". Seismic sensors left by Apollo 12 measure the resonance vibrations for like 15 minutes each time leading to speculation the Moon might be hollow ... hints that make you go hmmmmm?

 

[Tim]

While you are thinking about the size and distance of the Moon think back to November of 1969 when the Apollo 12's Lunar Module's ascent package and in April of 1970 when the final booster stage of Apollo 13 crashed on the Moon's surface on purpose and rang it "like a bell". Seismic sensors left by Apollo 12 measure the resonance vibrations for like 15 minutes each time leading to speculation the Moon might be hollow ... hints that make you go hmmmmm?

Wouldn't it need to be hollow to stay afloat up there this whole time?


Seriously though...I do find this kind of scientific stuff incredibly interesting. I can see how - before we could predict things - people would assign so much 'meaning' to eclipses, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.

Who's to say they were wrong?

 

[trcubed]

Think about it. The planet we all live on is exactly the correct distance from our moon. The moon is exactly the correct distance from our sun. Furthermore, the size of each object is exactly the right size to cause a total solar or lunar eclipse in certain areas of our planet at certain times.

Chance or coincidence? I personally don't believe so. This is a personal observation of mine. Please don't ruin this thread by injecting a bunch of negative comments. Thanks.

Even more importantly, the Earth is exactly the correct distance from the sun to support life. Any closer or farther away (1MM miles or so either way) and the environment would be too cold/hot.

No way this is chance.