Lunar Eclipse

Q: "What about Lunar Eclipses and Moon Phases?"

A: An invisible celestial body, known as the Shadow Object, passes between the sun and moon during a Lunar Eclipse. This projects a shadow upon the moon.

The shadow object passes between the Sun and the Moon.

Can you at least come to conclusion and draw some simple sketch to show positions of the Sun and the Moon and how are they positioned at times of Lunar eclipses and Solar eclipses and what the Sun illuminates and what not.

I believe the moon emits it's own light. I see no reason why the moon couldn't pass in front of the sun.

The shadow object passes between the Sun and the Moon.

I believe the moon emits it's own light. I see no reason why the moon couldn't pass in front of the sun.

Quote from: utilitarianism on April 21, 2009, 09:03:21 PM

I believe the moon emits it's own light. I see no reason why the moon couldn't pass in front of the sun.

The moon does emit a small amount of light.

Quote from: Anteater7171 on April 21, 2009, 11:22:57 PM

Quote from: utilitarianism on April 21, 2009, 09:03:21 PM

I believe the moon emits it's own light. I see no reason why the moon couldn't pass in front of the sun.

The moon does emit a small amount of light.

*facepalm*

I've always seen a problem with Lunar eclipses when you consider a FE model and bendy light. Light from the Sun would have to be emitted angled slightly down for it to be bent up and hit the Moon. A problem arises when you get a full Moon during the winter months of the Northern hemisphere. The path that light would have to follow to reach the Moon would have to be angled so far down that the Earth would get in the way of the curve to the Moon and block the light.

Did you use Euclid's equation to come to this conclusion?

Nope, but I imagine that there would be much the same problem if I did.

Then how did you come to your conclusion? I haven't yet published my own mathematical analysis.

I've drawn up a diagram of what I mean.



Because of the light bending up, the night side of the planet essentially casts a shadow, which the moon may fall into, especially during the winter months of the Northern hemisphere when the Sun and Moon are at a greater distance from the North pole.

I know what you mean. How have you determined the distance by which light would need to deviate from a straight line in order to reach the Moon?

Lunar eclipses have been discussed so many times.

And FE are still getting trouble to explain it logically. As long as nobody detects it directly, your shadow object argument isn't credible at all.

I believe the moon emits it's own light. I see no reason why the moon couldn't pass in front of the sun.

Quote from: utilitarianism on April 21, 2009, 09:03:21 PM

I believe the moon emits it's own light. I see no reason why the moon couldn't pass in front of the sun.

"The moon is the brightest object in the night sky but gives off no light of its own. Instead, it reflects light from the sun."

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/moon_worldbook.html

They have a very distinct pattern, just like in RET.

Uh... question:

If the object that gets in between the Sun and the Moon to cause a lunar eclipse is "invisible," and nobody has managed to pinpoint exactly what or where it is, how is it that we are able to predict lunar eclipses with perfect accuracy? 

Please explain how to predict a lunar eclipse without the use of any RE theory.

Quote from: grifoli on April 22, 2009, 05:58:26 PM

Lunar eclipses have been discussed so many times.

And FE are still getting trouble to explain it logically. As long as nobody detects it directly, your shadow object argument isn't credible at all.

We observe a shadow in front of the moon, and conclude that an object has blocked the light from the moon. RET suggests that this object is the earth, FET believes it to be an entirely different object.

Quote from: Floodian on May 06, 2009, 04:28:08 PM

Uh... question:

If the object that gets in between the Sun and the Moon to cause a lunar eclipse is "invisible," and nobody has managed to pinpoint exactly what or where it is, how is it that we are able to predict lunar eclipses with perfect accuracy? 

Please explain how to predict a lunar eclipse without the use of any RE theory.

Please explain how an invisible object can cast a shadow.

It is impossible. This thread is ridiculous. No sane person viewing a lunar eclipse could conclude that the object moving in front of the sun is not the moon.