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Lunar Terminator Paradox

104 points · 69 comments · dima55

  1. nojs · · focus · HN ↗
    The sun doesn’t set because the sun/earth moves, it sets because the earth spins. There’s no reason the setting sun should change which part of the moon is illuminated.
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