I never realized people were buying and selling the moon!
That's hilarious, $30 per acre:
http://www.lunarregistry.com/land/index2.shtml
On 7/3/2011 6:15 PM, David Patte wrote:
The moon is the right size and distance for a perfect
eclipse. This is true, and also a coincidence. Current
theory says that the moon and earth split from each other
eons ago, so we just happen to be living at the right time.
Now, something else very odd about the moon, which most of
us take for granted, without thinking much about it, is that
it always shows the same face to us. This means that it
rotates on its own axis in the same amount of time as it
takes to rotate around the earth - 1 month. On the moon , a
day IS a month. Stranger still, if you where on the moon,
looking back at the earth, the earth would always be (pretty
much) in the same position in the sky all the time, never
rising and never setting - just always sitting there. If you
plan to buy land on the moon take that into consideration
first :)
But the rotation of the moon being tied to its rotation
around the earth is NOT a coincidence. It is caused by
'tidal forces'. The same process that causes the tides has
caused the moon to slow down its rotation to synchronize
with its rotation around the earth - all caused by gravity.
And why are the tides better some places then elsewhere. Its
mostly to do with the physical geography and shape of the
land below the water. If there are any geologists on the
list, Im sure they can explain things better than I can. But
from what i remember every container as a 'resonant
frequency'. A small bottle has a high frequency, if you blow
across the top like wwe all did as a kid. A larger bottle
has a lower frequency, etc. The largest tides in the world
are in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. It turns out that the
resonant frequency of that bay is just about 2 cycles per
day - very low, but the same frequency as the tides. The bay
of fundy tends to suck its tides in and toss its tides out
just because of its shape!
David Patte
RelativeData.com
On 2011-07-03 20:55, Brent wrote:
Hello again;
I ask because there are a lot of very smart people on this
list.
It seems odd to me that the moon just happens to be the
right size and the right distance between the earth and
the sun to do the perfect eclipse. Is this just
coincidence or is there some good reason for that?
Also, they say the moon is responsible for our tides and
our waves. Why are the waves so much bigger in California
and New Zealand than in Thailand or the Philippines?
Their surf is pathetic.
thanks;
brent
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