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From: kwmc@hou5d.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: How vast moon tonight?
Message-ID: <713@hou5d.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Oct-83 09:18:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 21 09:18:08 1983
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The reason the moon appears so much larger near the horizon is an
optical illusion.  When the moon is on the horizon you are comparing
it with objects ~10 miles away. When the moon is high, you are not comparing
it with anything, or with close objects such as a tree you may be standing
beside.
		Ken Cochran		hou5d!kwmc