Do you know that the moon is the cause of the sinking of the Titanic

Do you know that the moon is the cause of the sinking of the Titanic

Still sinking of the ship Titanic, which passed by about 100 years, occupies a lot of people and researchers alike, and did not stop scientific curiosity for tracking the real reason behind the incident, the tragic massacre of 1500 passengers on the first trip of the ship which was traveling from England to the United States, where, scientists have to a new analysis on the underlying cause behind the accident, which is one of the worst in modern maritime history, and said that rarely alignment between the sun and full moon and the earth may cause the movement of the iceberg that hit by the ship.

According to U.S. media reports, one published on the site (National Geographic) that the researchers from the University of Texas San Marcos, said the rare alignment of the sun and full moon and the earth could have caused the sinking of the Titanic disaster on April 14, 1912.

In spite of that the Titanic sank on the night is moonlit, there is the belief that the iceberg may have resulted from full moon happened before about 3 and a half months of the incident.

The researcher said Donald Olson The full moon on January 4, 1912, may have caused the strong currents sent a large number of icebergs toward the south, and arrived at the time of the passage of the ship that was sailing on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic.

It was not known to cause erosion in the past a large number of icebergs in the spring of 1912, Olson said that this may be due to the phenomenon of «Moon Ripper», when the moon is complete and approaching him to the nearest point of land.

During the full moon, the moon and Earth line up and the sun in a straight line and the reinforcing of the moon and the sun attractiveness of the land, what makes the tides stronger than usual in the so-called spring tides.

On January 4, 1912 full moon is over, and thus aligned currents of the spring, before the 6 minutes of the moon's closest proximity to the nearest point of land to him, was considered (the incident) the closest point since 796 will not be repeated before the year 2257.

Strong currents and led to the erosion of a large number of icebergs and access to shipping lines.

The sinking of the Titanic ship - which was at the time the largest and most luxurious ship in the world - killing more than 1,500 people during its maiden voyage from England to New York.