Earth, Moon Unusually Close on March 19
Baku, March 11 (AZERTAC). Next week, the Earth will be so close to the moon has not been since 1992, which will be a joy for amateur astronomers. When you reach near the peak, the moon will be just 221,567 miles (356,578 kilometers) away from Earth.
But it seems that already have appeared pessimistic, saying that such an alignment will cause significant climate changes in the world or even earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, according to Daily Mail. Similar events were held in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005, all years with extreme weather events.
Tsunami that killed thousands in Indonesia has spent close to two weeks before the month in 2005. And in 1974, Christmas Day, Cyclone Tracy devastated the city of Darwin in Australia.
But Peter Wheeler, the International Radio Astronomy Center, is skeptical regarding these apocalyptic scenarios. “There will be earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on Earth unless they are meant to happen anyway. Earth would only get a higher flow and a lower ebb, but nothing extraordinary,” he said.
Australian David Reneke None dezomul astroniile disagrees with natural teorastrelor, arguing that “skeptics will always find reasons to relate groundless near the Moon with natural disasters.” He believes that these events are purely coincidental. “The only thing we can expect are some big waves.”
Whatever happens, we still have much to be learned about the Moon. In January, seismic sensors placed by the Apollo astronauts on the surface of the satellite have detected that the moon has a liquid core, like our planet.
Scientists from NASA said that the moon has an iron-rich fluid within a radius of 150 miles (241 kilometers), followed by another liquid, which has a radius of 205 miles (330 km).
What distinguishes the Earth is a layer of molten metal around the nucleus, whose radius is estimated as being 300 miles (483 kilometers). These recent data may show an evolution of the Moon, the natural process by which it has generated strong and has kept its own magnetic field.
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