• @phdepressed
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    425 days ago

    5% or 10% bigger is a lot more than nothing. I’m more surprised that the difference is so much when saying it’s overhyped.

    • Undearius
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      324 days ago

      An 11% increase of something small is miniscule.

      The actual apparent size difference between the minimum and maximum size of the moon is 1/15th of a single degree in the night sky.

      • @phdepressed
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        124 days ago

        And yet a 10% increase in the moons actual circumference would be a change of more than 1,000km.

        Idk it’s a well known illusion that the moon can appear or “feel” bigger than it actually is when measured. Planetariums apparently project it larger (1degree instead of 0.5) in order to seem appropriate.