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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

But the moon has no atmosphere enough to cause orbital decay. So it has to be aliens!!!!

16 posted on 07/25/2022 10:15:40 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))

To: Seruzawa

Umm...gravity?

More than likely, whatever it was, was shot down by the aliens who inhabit the DSOM.

18 posted on 07/25/2022 10:18:16 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)

To: Seruzawa

Not atmosphere, mutual gravitational attraction.

(M1*M2)/d^2

37 posted on 07/25/2022 10:40:42 AM PDT by pfflier

To: Seruzawa

But the moon has no atmosphere enough to cause orbital decay. So it has to be aliens!!!!

Lunar gravity would cause orbital decay over time by affecting the inertia of the object.

66 posted on 07/25/2022 1:29:18 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)

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