To: E. Pluribus Unum
Wouldn’t the atmospheric drag on the moon cause it to spiral in towards the earth?
16 posted on
02/23/2019 8:15:53 PM PST by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: reg45
Wouldn’t the atmospheric drag on the moon cause it to spiral in towards the earth? Arghh! I was having a nice day and now there's one more thing to worry about besides what Ocasio-Cortes is worrying me about! Now I'll need a hard hat.
30 posted on
02/23/2019 9:14:43 PM PST by
roadcat
To: reg45
Wouldn’t the atmospheric drag on the moon cause it to spiral in towards the earth?Physics would say so, but the moon (so they say) has been drifting away from the Earth for billions of years.
31 posted on
02/23/2019 9:19:15 PM PST by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: reg45
Nothing compared to the tidal effects
To: reg45
Nothing compared to the tidal effects
To: reg45
Just read an item here at FR within the past week or so that indicated the Moon was coming closer to Earth.
44 posted on
02/23/2019 11:42:56 PM PST by
octex
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