The Moon’s final resting place
1 CommentPosted February 19th, 2015 in Astronomy. Tags: Intermediate-Science, No Equations, Physics, Quickie.
I’ve been wondering about the future evolution of our solar system.
The Moon is spiralling away from Earth due to tidal friction, which slows Earth’s rotation. I used to think tidal braking would stop when Earth’s daysidereal day, to be specific. matched the Moon’s orbital period, as with Pluto and Charon. (more…)
