Difference between revisions of "The Lunar Eclipse"

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The Lunar Eclipse is a phenomenon which occurs two to five times a year, when a darkened area appears upon the surface of the Moon. During a partial lunar eclipse only part of the Moon is obscured. During a total lunar eclipse the totality of the Moon is obscured. Unlike the Solar Eclipse which is seen in totality from only a small strip of land on the Earth's surface, the totality of the Lunar Eclipse is an event which is seen by anyone who can see the Moon in their sky.

Proposed Mechanisms

There are several potential mechanisms for the occurance of the Lunar Eclipse.

Electromagnetic Acceleration

Under the celestial model of Electromagnetic Acceleration the Sun's rays of light are bending in upwards parabolic arcs around it, illuminating the Moon. The Lunar Eclipse is a phenomenon which occurs when the Moon occasionally and temporarily moves beyond the boundary edge of sunlight during its diurnal progress above the Earth.

See: Lunar Eclipse due to Electromagnetic Acceleration

Shadow Object

It has been suggested that there may be an unseen celestial body which moves around the Sun, located over the daylight side of the Earth. Known as the Shadow Object or the Antimoon, this body occasionally intersects light between the Sun and Moon and causes the Lunar Eclipse.

See: Lunar Eclipse due to Shadow Object

Prediction

Prediction in astronomy is generally achieved through assessment of patterns. Astronomers use cycles to predict the recurrence of the eclipses.

See: Astronomical Prediction Based on Patterns - The Eclipses

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-A Lunar Eclipse occurs about twice a year when a satellite of the sun passes between the sun and moon.
+The '''Lunar Eclipse''' is a phenomenon which occurs two to five times a year, when a darkened area appears upon the surface of the Moon. During a partial lunar eclipse only part of the Moon is obscured. During a total lunar eclipse the totality of the Moon is obscured. Unlike the [[Solar Eclipse]] which is seen in totality from only a small strip of land on the Earth's surface, the totality of the Lunar Eclipse is an event which is seen by anyone who can see the Moon in their sky.
-This satellite is called the Shadow Object. Its orbital plane is tilted at an angle of about 5°10' to the sun's orbital plane, making eclipses possible only when the three bodies (Sun, Object, and Moon) are aligned and when the moon is crossing the sun's orbital plane (at a point called the node). Within a given year, considering the orbitals of these celestial bodies, a maximum of three lunar eclipses can occur. Despite the fact that there are more solar than lunar eclipses each year, over time many more lunar eclipses are seen at any single location on earth than solar eclipses. This occurs because a lunar eclipse can be seen from the entire half of the earth beneath the moon at that time, while a solar eclipse is visible only along a narrow path on the earth's surface.
+==Proposed Mechanisms==
-Total lunar eclipses come in clusters. There can be two or three during a period of a year or a year and a half, followed by a lull of two or three years before another round begins. When you add partial eclipses there can be three in a calendar year and again, it's quite possible to have none at all.
+There are several potential mechanisms for the occurance of the Lunar Eclipse.
-The shadow object is never seen because it orbits close to the sun. As the sun's powerful vertical rays hit the atmosphere during the day they will scatter and blot out nearly every single star and celestial body in the sky. We are never given a glimpse of the celestial bodies which appear near the sun during the day - they are completely washed out by the sun's light.
+===Electromagnetic Acceleration===
-It is estimated that the Shadow Object is around five to ten miles in diameter. Since it is somewhat close to the sun the manifestation of its penumbra upon the moon appears as a magnified projection. This is similar to how during a shadow puppet show your hand's shadow can make a large magnified projection upon your bedroom wall as you move it closer to the flashlight.
+Under the celestial model of [[Electromagnetic Acceleration]] the Sun's rays of light are bending in upwards parabolic arcs around it, illuminating the Moon. The Lunar Eclipse is a phenomenon which occurs when the Moon occasionally and temporarily moves beyond the boundary edge of sunlight during its diurnal progress above the Earth.
-Dr. [[Samuel Birley Rowbotham]] has provided equations for finding the time, magnitude, and duration of a Lunar Eclipse at the end of [http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/za/za29.htm Chapter 11] of [[Earth Not a Globe]].
+See: '''[[Lunar Eclipse due to Electromagnetic Acceleration]]'''
-There is also a possibility that the Shadow Object is a ''known'' celestial body which orbits the sun; but more study would be needed to track the positions of Mercury, Venus and the sun's asteroid satellites and correlate them with the equations for the lunar eclipse before any conclusion could be drawn.
+===Shadow Object===
-==External links==
+It has been suggested that there may be an unseen celestial body which moves around the Sun, located over the daylight side of the Earth. Known as the ''Shadow Object'' or the ''Antimoon'', this body occasionally intersects light between the Sun and Moon and causes the Lunar Eclipse.
-*[http://books.google.com/books?id=GzkKAAAAIAAJ&amp;pg=PA#PPA74,M1 Zetetic Cosmogony chapter on the Lunar Eclipse]
-*[http://www.personalityresearch.org/metatheory/flatearth.html Why the Earth may really be flat]
-==See also==
+See: '''[[Lunar Eclipse due to Shadow Object]]'''
-*[[Aristotle's Second Proof]]
-*[[Why the Lunar Eclipse is Red]]
+==Prediction==
+Prediction in astronomy is generally achieved through assessment of patterns. Astronomers use cycles to predict the recurrence of the eclipses.
+See: '''[[Astronomical_Prediction_Based_on_Patterns#The_Eclipses|Astronomical Prediction Based on Patterns - The Eclipses]]'''