If The Moon Was in Same Distance as the ISS (Video)

At this distance the Moon would rise in the west and set in the east, The Moon Orbits the Earth counterclockwise when viewed from the North pole looking *down*. the same direction that the earth rotates.

Normally the Moon orbits much slower than the earth rotates so it rises in the east and sets in the west, however at 420km it orbits much faster, faster than the earth rotates underneath, therefore it will rise in the west and set in the east

Watch the video: The Moon the same distance as the ISS – Full HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDZtt0vWD8

http://eas-astroblog.blogspot.gr/2013/10/if-moon-was-in-same-orbit-at-iss.html

The Moon would orbit very fast, somewhere between 130 mins and 90 mins, i’ll work this figure out later

the Moon is tidally locked in this animation, even thou it doesn’t *seem* like it. The reason for this is that we are Not viewing it from the center of the earth, but rather it’s surface

the 420km altitude is measured surface to surface. the center to center orbital distance is 8528km

The time in the video is sped up. the moon would transverse the sky slower.. like 10 mins (rough guess at this time)

The Moon is well within the Roche limit. at this distance the Moon would break up and form a new ring system. The Earth might also be destroyed