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P3D Re: Expanding Moon

  • From: Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: P3D Re: Expanding Moon
  • Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:45:22 -0700
>-Teri Wrote
>
>>P.S. there is supposed to be a very special full moon in a few days--on
>the
>>22nd.
>>15% brighter and much larger than a normal full moon.  Hasn't been seen
>in
>>133 years!
>
>Oh My! First it's Y2K. Now We have to worry about our expanding moon.
>RDS

Actually if I'm correct, it's the brightest in 68 years (or something
similar). The 133 year figure is the coincidence within 24 hours of
the full moon and the winter solstice.

This has been extensively discussed on my overland trails mailing list
as the Lakota Sioux took it (in 1866) to be a sign that they should
launch an attack, leading eventually to the Fetterman massacre.

              Bob Wier
     mailto:wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   12:44 PM Saturday, December 18, 1999
        Unix/Internet Administrator
   Rocky Mountain College, Billings MT.
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