DISTANCE TO MOON AND SUN

Stromatolites and Earth--sun--moon Dynamics

Vanyo, J.P. and Awramik, S.M., 1985. Stromatolites and Earth--Sun--Moon dynamics. Precambrian Res., 29 : 121--142. Inclination of stromatolite columns, caused by nonvertical direction of averaged incident solar radiation, provides a signal for deducing astronomical and geophysical data at time of stromatolite formation. A sample of Anabaria juvensis (Bitter Springs Formation, central Australia)...

The Wives of the Sun and Moon

In much Native American mythology, marriage is conceptualized as a monthly honeymoon interrupted at each dark moon by menstruation. Woman’s monthly alternation between marital sex and menstrual seclusion is coded as an alternation between her rival partners, Sun and Moon. Against this background, a Plains Indian myth attempts to come to terms with a novel problem. With the introduction of patri...

Metaphor and Analogy: The Sun and Moon of Legal Persuasion

Perceptual distance and the moon illusion.

The elevated moon usually appears smaller than the horizon moon of equal angular size. This is the moon illusion. Distance cues may enable the perceptual system to place the horizon moon at an effectively greater distance than the elevated moon, thus making it appear as larger. This explanation is related to the size-distance invariance hypothesis. However, the larger horizon moon is usually ju...

Moon and Sun shadowing effect in the MACRO detector

Using data collected by the MACRO experiment from 1989 to the end of its operations in 2000, we have studied in the underground muon flux the shadowing effects due to both the Moon and the Sun. We have observed the shadow cast by the Moon at its apparent position with a significance of 6.5 σ. The Moon shadowing effect has been used to verify the pointing capability of the detector and to determ...