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Re:What If The Moon Were Replaced By Other Planets? by 51Cards on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @10:17AM (#5946177)
This video has been floating around for awhile and based on the same premise Jupiter completely obliterates the sky. I don't know which version is correct though, the video or this series of images. Just a point of comparison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlLnaJiGY8

Edit in reply to the below, I was just about to add that same comment... that it may be a field of view thing. This additional video seems to support to that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=usYC_Z36rHw&NR=1

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Re:What If The Moon Were Replaced By Other Planets? by adaml_623 on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @10:38AM (#5946326)
From the notes in youtube: "I created this video in After Effects, and because of certain technical considerations had to keep the field of view at 62 degrees"

I think you'll see that the choice of field of view makes all the difference.

Something to ponder as well. The center of the Moon is 300000km away and Jupiter is 70000km in radius! So Jupiter would bridge almost one quarter of the distance towards us.

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Re:What If The Moon Were Replaced By Other Planets? by blktiger on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @11:42AM (#5946742)
True, but is the distance he's using in these photos the distance from center to center or edge to edge. That also poses the question of what exactly is the edge...
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Re:What If The Moon Were Replaced By Other Planets? by deletes on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @10:25AM (#5946227)
Start the video in a dark room with fullscreen. Awesome experience.
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