Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
>> The moon is also receeding from the earth due to tidal forces.
>
> But isn't this recession decelerating? It will stop when the Earth is
> tidally locked with the Moon.
I think that's how it usually works. I'm not sure in this case, given that
the sun asserts a greater gravitational influence on the moon than the earth
does.
> Thus the Moon is not going to get very much
> farther than it already is.
I think we have a ways to go before the earth is locked with the moon. :-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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