On Monday, February 24, 2014 3:35:33 AM UTC, [email protected] wrote: > > > 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 > >> >> > By the way, Stating a personal position I think the collision that left the Earth-Moon system behind is fundamental in the history that we got, that worked out so good for the prospects of the luscious green curly kind of life. ' The idea is well out there, so it'll unlikely be the first you've heard. Which means you might have a view of your own. I should be interested to hear.
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