La parada mayor de la luna en el solsticio de verano

English translation: Major lunar standstill at the summer solstice

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Spanish term or phrase:La parada mayor de la luna en el solsticio de verano
English translation:Major lunar standstill at the summer solstice
Entered by: evadelmar

09:25 Feb 11, 2011
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Astronomy & Space / parada mayor de la luna
Spanish term or phrase: La parada mayor de la luna en el solsticio de verano
La parada mayor de la luna en el solsticio de verano...
No encuentro el equivalente en ingtles
Se trata de astronomia.
Please, any help?
Thanks
evadelmar
Spain
Major lunar standstill at the summer solstice
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_standstill
http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moonteaching.html
http://www.astrocal.co.uk/standstill_callanish.htm
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Fiona Kirton
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Local time: 21:54
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Major lunar standstill at the summer solstice


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_standstill
http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/pages/moonteaching.html
http://www.astrocal.co.uk/standstill_callanish.htm

Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:54
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thans a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Just about to post the same thing! "Lunastice" does apparently exist, but is a very rare term; normal usage in astronomy is "major standstill".
8 mins

agree  James A. Walsh
15 mins

agree  Martin Cassell: as Charles says; see http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q="lunar standstill"
53 mins

agree  Phoebe Anne
4 hrs

agree  philgoddard: How interesting! You learn something new every day in this job...
6 hrs
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