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- From: dadams@cray.com (David Adams)
- Subject: Re: Lunar astronaut covers earth with thum
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.143555.18940@hemlock.cray.com>
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- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov13.194445.6033@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:35:55 CST
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- In article 6033@pony.Ingres.COM, gmcquary@Ingres.COM (George F. McQuary) writes:
- |>[Can so. Can not. Can so. Can not...]
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- |Sheesh. Apparently most people are not even aware that you can cover the full
- |moon with a dime held at arms length (this is smaller than your thumb).
- |I suggest an experiment of direct observation with some pocket change to prove
- |this to yourself tonight if you are unbelieving. No, gloves are optional.
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- |Once you have observed for yourself the dime covering the moon experiment,
- |the original statement becomes much more plausable.
- |
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- I tried this myself the other night. The dime is much more area than I
- need to cover the moon. A dime is about the size of my Thumbnail. I can
- cover the moon with the fingernail of my pinky finger when my hand is held
- at arms length. It really is amazing because I didn't think my thumb
- could cover it.
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- --David C. Adams Statistician Cray Research Inc. dadams@cray.com
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