Moon - Page 2

Don Fernando · 01-11-2009, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

OOOPS!!!

I forgot.
I am in South Florida.
Clear skies.
Warm weather.
Moon very bright.

Sorry.

and darn mosquitos

icehog3 · 01-11-2009, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Don Fernando

and darn mosquitos

Lemme see here....

Mosquitos.....frostbite.....mosquitos....frostbite .....

I'll take the mosquitos!!

G G · 01-11-2009, 12:15 PM

I went out to take the dog out and it was very big and bright in NE Florida.

Rabidsquirrel · 01-11-2009, 01:10 PM

I either missed it, or it was too low in the sky for me to see it.

Anyone know the distance when the astronauts landed on it?

theonlybear4CORT · 01-11-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rabidsquirrel

I either missed it, or it was too low in the sky for me to see it.

Anyone know the distance when the astronauts landed on it?

*Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 20, 1969:
*Launched on July 16, 1969 at 9:32 am.
*Apollo 11 attains an orbital height of 101 nautical miles in 11 minutes, 40
*seconds after launch & reaches the speed of 17,380 mph.
*Approximate distance from Earth to Moon is 238,857 miles

I got my answers from here

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