Archive for the tag 'Moon'
Filed under Holidays, London 2014, Science & Nature
Journey to the Moon
One of the exhibits in the London Science Museum is the command module from Apollo 10. It is quite fascinating to see it in person rather than in black and white on a television screen. The scorch marks caused when re-entering the earth’s atmosphere are distinctly visible.
Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Science & Nature
Perigee Moon
Yesterday the tail end of Tropical Storm Bertha drifted over the UK in her death throws. We had torrential rain overnight and into the morning, then there was a brief sunny interlude followed by more rain and gusty winds. It didn’t look promising for viewing the so called ‘Supermoon‘…
I was pleasantly surprised when the clouds [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2014
Filed under Science & Nature
Perigee Moon
Tonight we will experience the first of three supermoons. The other two will occur on August 10th and September 9th.
The scientific term for the phenomenon is “perigee moon.” Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon’s orbit. The Moon follows an elliptical path around Earth with one side (“perigee”) about [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 12th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Salisbury 2014
A Room with a View
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 11th 2014
Filed under Books, Science & Nature
Sun, Moon & Earth by Robin Heath
Synopsis (from the book cover):
How many days are there between full moons – think you know? Is there an ancient key to the calendar hidden in the stone circles? What is the magical secret of the Sun-Moon-Earth system?
If you have ever wondered about eclipses, tides or the seasons, this amazing little book by acknowledged time-lord [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 14th 2014
Filed under This & That
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
You cannot conceive the many without the one… The study of the unit is among those that lead the mind on and turn it to the vision of reality.
Plato
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 8th 2013
