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NostraVoluntasUnita t1_iwxujr9 wrote

Reply to comment by kashmir_stg in Have you guys noticed an orange star in the sky recently? by MerlynTrump

Jupiter directly over the full moon was a pretty sight.

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MerlynTrump OP t1_iy472un wrote

was that what caused the blood moon earlier this month?

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NostraVoluntasUnita t1_iy4a9qy wrote

No, Jupiter is a tiny dot compared to the moon, and doesnt have any way to cast a shadow on the moon.

Bloodmoons are caused by the moon being in the earths shadow, so the light from the sun that reaches it filters through our atmosphere making it red (like sunsets)

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