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Reminder: SUPERMOON Tonight!
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Jaya Saxena
Published Mar 19, 2011
Modified Mar 19, 2011
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If you don't have rooftop access in your building, tonight might be the night to finally bite the bullet and break in. Due to the moon's elliptical orbit, the moon will appear bigger and closer tonight than it has in about 18 years, making it just that much easier to yell at. "It is called a supermoon because this is a very noticeable alignment that at first glance would seem to have an effect. The 'super' in supermoon is really just the appearance of being closer, but unless we were measuring the Earth-Moon distance by laser rangefinders...there is really no difference." said NASA's Dr. James Garvin. Here's a video explaining it:
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