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| What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:27am On Jun 27, 2016 |
1. Moon The picture below is a regular old landscape photograph taken by artist Ron Miller, a former art director for NASA. It shows the moon in the night sky, 240,000 miles away. But have you ever wondered what this same night sky would look like if the planets were the same distance away from the earth? It would be interesting to have a different kind of “moon” in our night sky but in reality the effects on our planet would vary (absolutely catastrophic in some cases), ranging from massive tilt of the earth’s axis, chaotic spinning, erratic temperatures, stripping away of our atmosphere, crazy tides, less gravity, volcanic mayhem etc. But hey, won’t it be nice to have another kind of moon? Enjoy!!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2345679/Photographer-Ron-Miller-creates-incredible-pictures-look-like-planets-closer.html cc: seun, lalasticlala come and see  6 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:30am On Jun 27, 2016 |
2. Mercury Mercury is a similar size to the moon. It would appear slightly brighter and larger than our moon in the night sky. 1 Like
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:31am On Jun 27, 2016 |
3. Mars Mars is 2-times bigger than the Moon. This is what the red planet would look like at the same distance. 2 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:41am On Jun 27, 2016 |
4. Venus Venus, 3.5-times bigger than the Moon, and so bright and reflective it would make the night sky as bright as day. Venus is only slightly smaller than the Earth so it would appear around the same size as our planet does from the moon. 4 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:44am On Jun 27, 2016 |
5. Uranus No offense to our beloved moon, but imagine looking up in the sky and seeing this  .Uranus is more than 14-times bigger than the Moon and its light bluish colour will give our night sky a romantic glow. 12 Likes 4 Shares
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:46am On Jun 27, 2016 |
6. Neptune Neptune is about the same size as Uranus. I know ladies in the house will also like this.  11 Likes 4 Shares
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:47am On Jun 27, 2016 |
[b]7. Jupiter The diameter of Jupiter is 40 times larger than that of the moon and it would dominate the night sky if it were in the same position. Jupiter is so large that from Earth we would not be able to see the north and south poles of the planet, as it would fill the sky as far as we can see. We would all feel a lot more humble with Jupiter's presence constantly looking over us. In other words, if you were to suddenly step out of your house and see Jupiter in the night sky, you will put your hands on your head and say “Chai!!! There is God o! ”But guys, if this were to magically happen in reality, we would have more pressing things to worry about than how awesome the sky looks. Jupiter would continuously zap us with mass amounts of deadly radiation, the earth’s axis will have a massive tilt, the earth will spin much slower and there will be no nights, there will be violent tides and sporadic volcanic eruptions and we would also weigh much lighter due to Jupiter’s gravitational influence. You will wish Jupiter goes back to where it came from! If Jupiter were the planet in the moon's position, it’s likely Earth would not even survive intact. The Earth will be ripped into pieces and form a ring around Jupiter (just like Saturn). [/b] 43 Likes 10 Shares
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:49am On Jun 27, 2016 |
8. Saturn Saturn is almost 35-times bigger than the Moon. In our night sky, Saturn would simply be Magnificent! Saturn and its rings would cover almost 18 degrees of the night sky, stretching nearly from horizon to horizon. But If Saturn were as close as our moon, it's likely that one of its own moons, Dione would slam into the Earth at some point. 15 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by iXavier: 10:51am On Jun 27, 2016 |
Nice one Very nice.. 1 Like |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by Nobody: 10:53am On Jun 27, 2016 |
Hmmm. Interesting
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by darkenkach(m): 11:05am On Jun 27, 2016 |
Jupiter and Saturn are scaring. 18 Likes |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 11:11am On Jun 27, 2016 |
darkenkach: Yeah. If they were to be that close, you would actually see them rotating. Scary stuff. 3 Likes |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by Joshkid(m): 11:56am On Jun 27, 2016 |
How I wish I could just have the opportunity to travel to space!... Twill be so interesting!  6 Likes |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by Shagati(m): 9:13pm On Jun 27, 2016 |
Pluto? 1 Like |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by porozhniy(m): 11:20pm On Jun 29, 2016 |
*phew* words fail me, ol' boy needs to get out of his cocoon. 1 Like |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by tartar9(m): 1:50am On Jun 30, 2016 |
Eaya... they forgot poor Pluto  3 Likes |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:37pm On Jul 07, 2016 |
Shagati: Pluto is no longer classified as a planet 16 Likes |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:45pm On Jul 07, 2016 |
tartar9: Yeah pluto was relegated from planet status in 2006 due to the fact that it does not achieve gravitational dominance, that is, it has not "cleared its neighborhood. It is a body like many others orbiting the sun in the "kuiper belt". 6 Likes |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by bluaero(m): 10:50pm On Jul 07, 2016 |
Lalasticlala..any chance for this thread to be moved to the promised land?  1 Like |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by Shagati(m): 8:00am On Jul 08, 2016 |
bluaero: bluaero: Wow, this is news to me. I missed the memo obviously  1 Like |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by Nobody: 8:22am On Jul 08, 2016 |
bluaero: Johnydon has already opened this topic(exact) last year and it made FP. 2 Likes |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by biddieluvzyaho(f): 11:38am On Jul 08, 2016 |
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by harrysjones(m): 11:38am On Jul 08, 2016 |
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by johnstar(m): 11:39am On Jul 08, 2016 |
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by Nobody: 11:40am On Jul 08, 2016 |
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by Modsenemy(f): 11:41am On Jul 08, 2016 |
I was thinking one of dem would be bigger Dan earth |
| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by secnelly: 11:41am On Jul 08, 2016 |
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by Taiyescott(m): 11:41am On Jul 08, 2016 |
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| Re: What Will The Sky Look Like If Planets Were As Close To Us As The Moon? by macaranta(m): 11:42am On Jul 08, 2016 |
Nice views ...huge no for Jupiter and Saturn. Visit my signature. |
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