Originally posted by GlenW
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'Ere, where's the elephant then?
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That's due to gravity of other celestial bodies, which I don't think is what he was getting atOriginally posted by Gibbon View PostSort of, it's mainly the moon, the sun has the tiniest effect. The moon's gravity causes the tide whose bulge causes the sphere's energy to dissipate through friction. This slowing down also decreases the gravitional pull of the earth on the moon so the moon is also slowly drifting away. When an earth day is as long as a lunar month (see note) there will be an equilibrium and no more tides, but that is billions of years away.
Note:- this is presently observerable, the ancients wisely named Monday after the moon as it seems to last as long as a lunar month.Comment
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Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View PostI'm not sure that flies' arseholes are located to the rear.I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. [Christopher Hitchens]Comment
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Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View PostSo when you say 'sort of' you mean 'yes - absolutely'.But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Originally posted by Gibbon View PostNo, because gravity per se wouldn't do it if the earth had a fully solid crust
Two ball bearings in similar orbits in space would experience the same kind of tidal acceleration.
Whether actual tides increase the effect or not I'm not sure (although I would expect that it would have no positive effect - if anything a negative one). So I'm going to upgrade my 'sort of' to a 'mostly' at the very least :PComment
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