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Show ANCIENT MOON IS MYSTERY WITH SCIENCE All answers to the age-old question ques-tion what makes the "low" moon loom bigger than a pumpkin are still sought by scientists, one source reported this week as others described the use of sound waves in exploring the ocean's depths and' discredited false reports re-ports on alleged harmful effects of radar waves. As the moon entered its full phase this week, scientists returned re-turned to a consideration of the reason for the optical illusion that makes the rising moon close to the horizon look more than twice as big as the moon directly overhead. over-head. Actually the moon overhead is 4,000 miles closer to the earth than the moon elsewhere. The Greek astronomer Ptolemy described de-scribed the phenomenon 18 centuries cen-turies ago, but he could make no reasonable explanation. |