was particularly intrigued by this fact. never did i even knew the moon looked larger on the horizon.
. was thinking about this question for the past few hours(prelims ended, lots of free time
), and tried to come with some mathematical proof for it. i did a search on the internet and all were saying about it being an optical illusion.
having nothing to do, and also having quite a keen interest in physics, i tried drawing out some orbits and diagrams. however, an accidental sketch suddenly seemed to debunk about the moon being larger on the horizon, rather, the moon is actually smaller on the horizon!! and this is not the "optical illusion" small, but really, it is smaller on the horizon! slightly smaller i would say.
here was what i sketched out(made tidier by MS Word):
and as you can see, H>S ! so the moon IS further at the horizon as compared to the sky! strange. any spottable flaws?
ps: i know i know, i am damn bored.:sweat:
