Supermoon 2017: nasa ‘lies’ - claim moon is only 4. 7 miles from earth

He said: “Here we go, here we go, here we go. Prudential building.  “You can almost read it cause it says Prudential right there. And there you go. “My camera is totally maxed out. I

apologise for the shakiness but when you’re zoomed out 2,000mm, the camera is shaky. “Now let’s watch me zoom in on the Moon which is 200-plus thousand miles away, and I’m trying to film the

Moon through an incredibly heavy atmosphere which they’re spraying in front of my eyes.” Mr Richie quips in his moon conspiracy theory video: “Richie from Boston. Everything that they tell

us is a lie. “I can zoom in more on the Moon than I can on a building that I can see with my naked eye. “That’s crazy. They’re lying to us. Do not believe NASA because they are lying about

our entire origin. Despite the outrageous claims, there is actual scientific evidence to prove that the Moon is in fact about 238,000 miles away from Earth. Through the use of powerful

lasers on Earth and Lunar Laser Ranging RetroReflectors left on the Moon by the Apollo 15 mission, NASA is able to precisely calculate the Moon’s distance and location. The US space agency

explained: “The distance to these retroreflectors from the Earth can be and is still routinely measured to the centimetre level or better, and their relative positions are known to a similar

level.  “Such measurements can be used for several purposes, such as precisely determining the orientation and orbit of the Moon, testing gravitation and general relativity theories, and

for establishing a highly precise latitude and longitude coordinate frame for the Moon. And during last night's supermoon event, the Moon shortened the distance between itself and

planet Earth, when it reached its point of perigee. This happens because the gravitational effects from Earth keep the Moon in an elliptical orbit which brings it closer and further away at

different times throughout the year. Dr Greg Brown at the Royal Observatory Greenwich explained: “Our Moon travels the Earth on an orbit that takes 27.3 days to complete. That orbit isn’t

perfectly circular – it’s slightly elliptical. “And that means that at certain times during the orbit, the moon is slightly closer to the Earth than at other times. “A full moon or a new

moon which occurs during the closest point in this orbit is known as a supermoon."