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Replacing the Moon with a Disco Ball
Get ready for the most epic party of your life. Someone replaced our Moon with a disco ball. How could you turn the Moon into a classic disco ball? How much more light could this new Moon reflect? And would it actually turn the Earth into one giant nightclub?
00:00: Replacing the Moon with a disco ball
00:38: How the Moon reflects light
02:22: Covering the moon in mirror tiles
05:12: Curved mirrors
07:38: Wrapping the Moon in aluminum foil
#moon #discoball #lightreflection #space #solarsystem #cosmos
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