On Sunday, February 23, 2014 11:39:50 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: > > They would pull further away, I believe. Tidal drag slows the rotation of > the bodies (for example by pulling the ocean out into an ovoid in this > case) and conservation of angular momentum requires that their orbits widen > as a result. > Yo Liz (and Gabriel/Brent) Many thanks for that. It's what I thought given that's the situation with Earth/Moon,. But then I kept thinking about the bulking crusts and oceans as shortening the distance bnetween them
> > > On 24 February 2014 09:14, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I was just trying to imagine the effect two equal oceans, one on each >> objechave? The ocean puts a heavy brake on the rotation of Earth and has >> already tidally locked the moon. But what tidal drag went both .ways? Would >> the planets start moving toward eachother, or pull further away? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
