"N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc)" <N: dlzc1 D:cox T:net@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:qjeAe.25726$Qo.4513@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ....
> It isn't. The recession of the Moon is largely driven by the
> Earth's tides. Angular momentum is transferred from the Earth
> to teh Earth-Moon system, in much the same way a miner panning
> for gold can radially
"tangentially" not radially...
> accelerate water in his pan. By slightly shifting the center
> of mass.
Re: Two dumb questions ... > The recession of the Moon is largely driven by the Earth's ...Angular momentum is transferred from the Earth to ... rotation and tides for a few days/weeks. ... (sci.astro)
Inertia = Gravity: Literally? ... Subject: Galactic Rotation: A Question of Direction ... is nothing but a conservation of angular momentum,... If earth had nothing but its own rotational and orbital accelerations ... conserved in its mass as momentum, I would be forced to concede, but that is ... (sci.astro)
Re: OBarrs mistakes. ... were about tides.... to measure the actual shape of the earth.... through this 87 foot bulge.... directly measured in any relative tide measurement.... (sci.physics.relativity)
Re: Solid Earth Tides ... the Earth...>strain across the crust is substantially less. ...tides must be compensated for any any particular location. ... Any good text on geophysics will give a good explanation of earth tides. ... (sci.geo.geology)
Re: Conservation of angular momentum ... : Earth oscillates: the Moon revolves around it. ... considered that the angular momentum of the Moon is conserved. ... The axis spin angular momentum of the Moon alone is conserved. ... When one ball of mass m moves with velocity V to strike ... (sci.physics)
