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Lunar Terminator Paradox

104 points · 69 comments · dima55

  1. MarkusQ · · focus · HN ↗
    Was this known as the "Lunar Terminator Paradox" or called that anywhere before this article? So far as I can tell this seems to be entirely made up and the only references I can find are to TFA or related.

    As others have noted, there doesn't even seem to be an actual paradox other than a possible confusion about how a half-lit sphere looks from various perspectives.

    1. nkrisc · · focus · HN ↗
      There’s no paradox present, just one person’s misunderstanding of the arrangement of celestial bodies in 3D space.
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