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    The animation is correct, though greatly exaggerated, both in the relative sizes and distances, and in the inclination that the moon's orbit has relative to the ecliptic. The moon will appear to travel around the earth in a spiral, however, if you view the motion of the moon over time in the... more

    Reviewed by PurposefulStride Jun 04, 07:33am ( 63 reviews ) tortuga.com

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  • Rated by Niriel on Jul 04, 5:41am

    Uh, what's with the polar orbit ??? The Moon stays in the ecliptic !
  • Rated by LeonhartSquall93 on Jul 03, 1:54pm

    The moon does not orbit north-south. That's just...it's pretty much impossible. That's an unstable orbit.
  • Rated by threewing on Jun 27, 3:08pm

    Thanks , just wake me up when it comes crashing into us...
  • Rated by johnwatchtower on Jun 24, 6:47pm

    From the page: "Orbital Path of the Earth Around the Sun: "
  • Rated by djDeathx on Jun 23, 1:00pm

    the path of the moon looks a lot like string theorybut of course the orbit depicted in the animation is wrong!
  • Rated by anhaga on Jun 13, 8:49pm

    as others have said, the animation is so ridiculously out of whack that one has to wonder what the intended point is. Oh. I just looked at some of the other pages on the site. Yet more new age crap, crap, crap.
  • Reviewed by BluePeriphery on Jun 13, 4:48pm

    ugh! and the sky is blue because it reflects the ocean right? You think someone taking the time to make that animation would bother to check the facts.
  • Reviewed by chipsandsalsa on Jun 13, 1:20am

    lies