Moon Magic: Researchers Develop New Tool To Visualize Past, Future Lunar Eclipses
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 12:35
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for using computer graphics to simulate and render an accurate visualization of a lunar eclipse. The model uses celestial geometry of the sun, Earth, and moon, along with data for the Earth's atmosphere and the moon's peculiar optical properties to create picture-perfect images of lunar eclipses.
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