I registered this domain (libration.org) awhile ago, intending to put up some graphics illustrating why the moon appears to wobble in the sky as it goes around the Earth. I haven't gotten that finished yet, but in the meantime I have come up with some other questions for which I could not find satisfactorily illustrated answers on the World Wide Web, so I'll put those up here as I get a webpage pulled together for each one.
Do
Total Solar Eclipses Happen at Other Planets?
Why
Do Speeding Cartoon Cars Have Elliptical Wheels?
Which
Moons are Held Most Loosely By Their Planets?
How
Many Stars Are Brighter Than Each Planet?
Why
Does the Periodic Table Have That Weird Shape?
Why
Does the Moon Appear to Wobble? (Under Construction)
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New 3 January 2019, updated 7 April 2024