To: CedarDave
>Full moon tonight
I don’t think the amount of sun hitting the moon changes its mass enough to make any difference in its gravitational pull.
29 posted on
08/31/2012 6:50:18 AM PDT by
soycd
To: soycd
33 posted on
08/31/2012 6:53:56 AM PDT by
CedarDave
(Palin/Ryan -- both should have been at the top of the ticket and not play second fiddle to GOPe)
To: soycd
“I don’t think the amount of sun hitting the moon changes its mass enough to make any difference in its gravitational pull.”
It’s not sunlight. It’s the moon being in-line with the sun which makes full and new moon high tides higher.
45 posted on
08/31/2012 7:16:54 AM PDT by
Justa
To: soycd
It's not the light, it's the effect of the earth being stretched between two opposing gravitational forces.
61 posted on
08/31/2012 4:14:18 PM PDT by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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