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To: 11th_VA

What rot. Gravitational force follows the inverse square law. The moon only moves water around, and that’s a damned close planetary body.


42 posted on 08/30/2017 9:35:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: Lazamataz
The moon only moves water around, and that’s a damned close planetary body.

The Moon's possible gravitational effects on land movements is far more plausible than that of any planet. Its effects on ocean water could conceivably play at least a very minor role in plate tectonics. Pound for pound, water is very heavy stuff, and its shifting around could potentially have an (minor) impact on the seafloor around subduction zones and seafloor spreading centers.

55 posted on 08/30/2017 9:46:31 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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