As I stand and watch, which goes overhead faster? The Sun or the Moon?

Subject: As I stand and watch, which goes overhead faster? The Sun or the Moon?

Date: Wed Feb 24 11:20:02 1999
Posted by Peter Chase
Grade level: teacher/prof School: Sul Ross State U
City: Alpine State/Province: TX Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 919876802.As

Message:


How should I have known this?

(Please do not mention Galileo or the heliocentric hypothesis)

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