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<blockquote data-quote="Harte" data-source="post: 28505" data-attributes="member: 443"><p><strong>Re: Strange MOONy</strong></p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div></p><p> </p><p>TN6,</p><p>The moon does rotate about it's axis. It makes one rotation every lunar month. Otherwise, we would not see the same face of the moon all the time.</p><p> </p><p>The moon is leaving the Earth's orbit at the rate of something like one-half inch per year (or maybe it's 1-1/2 ipy.) </p><p> </p><p>The moon likely had a greater rotation rate earlier in it's life but the rotation has been slowed by tidal forces until it locked into the current rotation, which is really just a function of it's orbit. For example, put a chair in the middle of the room and say it is the Earth. You be the moon. Notice the area of the room behind the chair as you look at it. Walk (orbit) around the chair, never turning your body from the chair. When you get halfway around the chair you will see that you are looking at the opposite end of the room than previously. </p><p> </p><p>A very interesting thing about the Earth-Moon system involves the precession of the Earth's poles. Precession is the small circular movement of the Earth's axis made over a long period of time that can cause climate change and causes the axis to align with different stars (or none) than Polaris 9the North Star). Precession has been witnessed by anyone that has ever spun any kind of top. You will remember that the top may spin perfectly for a while, but eventually precession will set in and you will see the top begin to make small circles while it spins. It has been shown mathematically that the Moon stabilizes the precession of the Earth so that precession remains constant. Without the stabilizing effect that the Moon provides, intead of the 10 or 15 degree precession we now enjoy, the Earth's precession would vary wildly, even as much as ninety degrees. A ninety degree precession means one pole or the other would be constantly facing the sun, with no nightfall at all, while the opposite pole would be in constant darkness. Additionally, the precession and the time periods between minimums and maximums would be variable, so there would be no "getting used to it" for us or any other life form on Earth. Imagine the effect on weather. It is unlikely that we could survive.</p><p> </p><p>Harte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harte, post: 28505, member: 443"] [b]Re: Strange MOONy[/b] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div> TN6, The moon does rotate about it's axis. It makes one rotation every lunar month. Otherwise, we would not see the same face of the moon all the time. The moon is leaving the Earth's orbit at the rate of something like one-half inch per year (or maybe it's 1-1/2 ipy.) The moon likely had a greater rotation rate earlier in it's life but the rotation has been slowed by tidal forces until it locked into the current rotation, which is really just a function of it's orbit. For example, put a chair in the middle of the room and say it is the Earth. You be the moon. Notice the area of the room behind the chair as you look at it. Walk (orbit) around the chair, never turning your body from the chair. When you get halfway around the chair you will see that you are looking at the opposite end of the room than previously. A very interesting thing about the Earth-Moon system involves the precession of the Earth's poles. Precession is the small circular movement of the Earth's axis made over a long period of time that can cause climate change and causes the axis to align with different stars (or none) than Polaris 9the North Star). Precession has been witnessed by anyone that has ever spun any kind of top. You will remember that the top may spin perfectly for a while, but eventually precession will set in and you will see the top begin to make small circles while it spins. It has been shown mathematically that the Moon stabilizes the precession of the Earth so that precession remains constant. Without the stabilizing effect that the Moon provides, intead of the 10 or 15 degree precession we now enjoy, the Earth's precession would vary wildly, even as much as ninety degrees. A ninety degree precession means one pole or the other would be constantly facing the sun, with no nightfall at all, while the opposite pole would be in constant darkness. Additionally, the precession and the time periods between minimums and maximums would be variable, so there would be no "getting used to it" for us or any other life form on Earth. Imagine the effect on weather. It is unlikely that we could survive. Harte [/QUOTE]
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