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Re: Re: Ian stole my idea!!
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Originally posted by SuperDanman
Simple - the earth's rotation is based in part on the distance from the moon... something about the pull of gravity that both excert on each other. All you have to do is increase the distance between the earth and the moon, and the earth's rotation slows down. I forget the exact laws of physics responsible for this, but it's kinda like Venus, who's rotation is locked to it's moon, so it's always facing it's moon (Venus's rotation period is something like 240 days, the same as its revolution period. Thats one hella long day ;-)
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OOOOOH I ALSO HAVE SOME USELESS KNOWLEDGE! The moon's gravitational feild also is the reason for the earths tilt on it's axis. Without a moon the earths axis would wabble back and forth, distroying any rhythm for seasons, throwing off tidal changes causeing catastrophic tsunami waves, the sun melting the poles and the world going into an ETERNAL ICE AGE! AMEGEDON AS WE KNOW IT!!
yeah it gets pretty messy.
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