In rec.arts.sf.science message <48232c0d$0$15892$edfadb0f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Thu, 8 May 2008 18:36:32, Peter Knutsen
<peter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> posted:
>It is said that even Hal Clement effed up once, so I feel I ought to
>ask in here, just to be sure:
>
>If a planet has multiple moons, all large enough to be visible, as
>discs, from the surface (through the atmosphere), i.e. unlike the moons
>of Mars, will they all be in the same phase at the same time, i.e.
>full, waning, new, waxing?
>
>If not, how does it work. Is there some kind of essay I can read, or a
>brief educational animation I can watch, or something?
You can test it yourself near Sunset on a fine day by sitting in an open
space with a number of footballs spread around you.
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