Moon wobbles in NASA animation

[korzon]

It is wobbling now I can see the face change constantly now.I don't know about all that nibiru stuff but the moon is having some problems is this normal?I wasn't taught this in school they said it stays still facing us?

[brinztar]

@korzon Nope, it rotates about once every month, which is about the same time it takes the moon to go around the Earth. Try it with two balls. One as the moon, draw a dot on one side and fly it around the other ball without rotating the ball with the dot. The ball with the dot will show all of its surface to the other ball. Now do it by pointing the dot at the other ball as it goes around. You will require to rotate it which is just what the moon does.

[DandyDubber]

I seen it wobbling with the naked eye a few days ago. My Mrs thought I was stoned. I felt like I was on The Truman show for a while.

[PillsKillsKIlls]

maaan fuck the moon

[DarkCS2Sora]

OMG the moon is mooning me :D thumbs up if you agree

[123123123004]

moon is getting fat

[blartoon]

Uh, no. The Moon does not "wobble". That description is unfortunate. It sort of APPEARS to wobble over time, but it's not actually wobbling like that.

[BjornPalmen]

@blartoon Of course the Moon is actually wobbling exactly like in this video. It has only been speeded up. You can see how it is hanging in the Earth's gravity field, trying to get loose!

[angloengland]

@BjornPalmen libration

[BjornPalmen]

@angloengland I think this speeded-up animation is very interesting, It really looks like the Moon is chained to the Earth through gravity, and cannot get anywhere. But it is sure trying to break the leash!

[angloengland]

@BjornPalmen slowly it is, eventually the moon will break away and the earth will be thrown into a new unstable rotation because just as the earth keeps the moon locked, the moon regulates the earths rotation and axis tilt

[TheTremor209]

Warriors Of the Night!!! ASSEMBLE!!!!

[VinceLA91]

The moon...

[SounzNice]

Evidence of aether(?).

[Basfarmatthijs]

let's talk about lady gaga!

(every utube post has som1 talking 'bout her ^^ )

[TelevisionPirate]

Relax guy's it's just a demonstration...

[BjornPalmen]

@TelevisionPirate No demonstration, this is the real thing but speeded up.

[rochelimit55555]

you people are so smart ...

[counterclockwise123]

the moon is the monn is the mnnn

[mexicanosombrero]

wthell are we supossed to get from that

[rochelimit55555]

it shows that we actually can see a small portion of the dark face of the moon.

this video also shows that turns out that even the south and north dark face part of the moon can also be visible from Earth.

[benbenbenben29]

That's no moon....

[Waroftheworlds112]

@benbenbenben29 it's a space station.

[leftgreenthumb]

@benbenbenben29 it's a space station.

[SortedGeeza]

@leftgreenthumb thats no moon :-)

[PaulWayneBarnett]

Hear no Evil See no Evil Feel no Evil.....

The truth will set you free.... =D

[Cadam92]

yet its the truth but ur not letting it set u free

[learo05]

I knew the moon "wobbled" a little bit, but not that much.... Thanks for posting!

[myownlilfantac]

Just cause it's on wikipedia doesn't make it true. At one point the site declared that two of my teachers had been Knighted...

[SmiertSpionem]

maybe the moon was drunk?

[Merc261]

lol, ya he went down to the pub with his friend Deimos

[SmiertSpionem]

Well it is made of cheese :D

[intigfx]

one day it's gonna crash down on earth

[silka37]

Actually, it moves about an inch away from Earth every year. But no worries, the sun is supposed to burn out before we lose it completely causing our tidal patterns go haywire. :)

[intigfx]

yeah? I thought it was the other way around, that the moon was constantly "falling" to Earth and that given enough time they would eventually collide.

[papapowderhotmailcom]

wrong the moon is slowly falling from earth on account of our large bodies of water

[Mark73]

Why would they go haywire? I would think that they would just stop completely, gradually getting weaker and weaker as the moon gets further away.

[jimbossss1]

when the moon gets closer theres a higher tide

[Cadmus5115]

to bad the moon's got no atmosphere and grass. Then we could live there after we fuck up the earth!

[featheredmusic]

Well, hahah if we terraform mars

[featheredmusic]

Well, hahah if we terraform mars

[uskybubu]

oh yeah and then what? we fuck up with mars also :))

[gregory06]

oh yeah... grass is the second most important thing we need eh... how about WATER?

[Ipwn3dI0]

who needs water..

[PerfectBlindness]

Living on the moon would be a good step toward living on mars. As we already know, biodomes aren't our strength. Any progress is good progress. It's difficult to build a biodome which would simultaneously allow sufficient light to enter, and contain an adequate air pressure level. Imagine a spacestation made of glass. Glass is like a liquid, and if you watched it with time speed up it's form would literally splash.

[gregory06]

One problem bud. Gravity. We already know the moon's dirt is pretty firtle, but I don't know how we'd (besides plants) live in that low of gravity (long term health effects too)

[PerfectBlindness]

Who likes centrifugal force?

[SmiertSpionem]

Ahh, but theres is only centripetal force, 'centrifugal' force doesn't exist ;)

[FoodCubes]

/wiki/Centrifugal_force

/wiki/Centripetal_force

[SmiertSpionem]

the joy that is wikipedia.

[Stephenlee5]

lol, if centrifugal force doesn't exist, then why do your arms fly out when you spin around?

[SmiertSpionem]

There is no independent 'centrifugal' force pulling your arms out just their inertia resistance to the 'centripetal' force pulling them inward and upward as you body continually changes direction. ;)

[Stephenlee5]

But its still called Centrifugal force, you know, like a centrifuge. And stop that ;) thing, its annoying the crap outta me.

[SmiertSpionem]

Whether or not we agree that centrifugal force exists, if it did it would NOT be the same as centripetal force. They act in different directions... :D

[Stephenlee5]

Sure, works for me.

[bro7die]

there is no such thing as centrifugal force its not real its a made up force that dose not exist in reality

[Merc261]

sorry all u guys have lost me, what is centrifugal force? call me an idiot if u like but i'm only 13 they don't teach us anything about astronamy (which sucks)

[HUNDuffman]

@Merc261 Centrifugal and centripetal force arent astronomy lol. It phisix

[Merc261]

@HUNDuffman lol i guess i should do my homework before i comment

[HUNDuffman]

no offence btw :)

[lejink]

The term CENRTIFUGAL force appears to

have come about because of a mistaken perception that there is a force that

operates in the opposite direction as the CENTRIPETAL force. But that is a

misconception. The "pull" that is felt by the ball on a string or by the

hammer thrower is the force that has to be applied toward the center, to

keep the ball from flying off tangentially, not radially.

[pichulick]

@Cadmus5115 yes leave earth and fuk up the moon also.. then.? mars?

[p6a9u1l42]

@Cadmus5115 haha true we will go out somewhere hopefully soon this world cannot sustain us for much longer... :( fuck i wish i was rich 

[Maaarteh]

@Cadmus5115 Go to mars, drive ur car and make a dense atmosphere to live in yourself :P

[Kallico]

Oh that's cool :P

[timmypokemon]

if they recorded it, will me 10 exabytes

[JimmerSD]

So it is possible to observe more than 50% of the moon from a point on the earth. Interesting.

[codename36]

The moon is drunk, lol!

[bujin1977]

Looks like the moon's had a couple of pints too many... ;o)

[richielaceyone]

don't be ridiculous the moon barely has any water let alone alcohol

[chrisjagon]

the moon can out drink anyone

[Seretur00]

It's called libation. It's caused because of the tilted elliptic orbit of the moon. whenn it is higher ('up north') you can see the moon in it's 'wobbling closer' phase. when it is lower ('low in the south') you can see the moon is in it's 'wobbling away' phase. If you live in the southern hemisphere, well, it's the other way round (my case)

:) see you people!

[thekidjfh]

Libation? Really? You sure about that?

[Seretur00]

libration! sorry, typo :) if it was because of some libations, anyhow, it would also explain the wobbling motion XD

[dafttool]

cool