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12:50 pm Fri
Mar 18, 2011
The moon has its own time zone
The moon has its own time zone—and 9 other things you didn't know about our nearest neighbor in space. (Via Jeremy Hsu)
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Maybe it was a hint.
I don’t think the article shows the moon “has its own time zone” (whatever that means), but rather that someone carved it up into multiple time zones, on the basis of the lunar equivalent of an hour.
I’m surprised Maggie’s communication instincts (which are generally excellent) led her to choose this particular misleading phrase from the article for this post’s heading.
(Actually, problem solved if rather than directly quoting from the piece we say “the moon has its own time zones” (plural).)
I have a fun moon fact:
Q: What causes the moon to look larger near the horizon than it does up in the sky?
A: Nothing – it’s an optical illusion!
I want one of them moon watches. Giving one to Nixon was a total waste.