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To: andy_card
I don't deny that electromagnetism exists. But you're saying that it governs the movement of the planets or something, which doesn't make any sense at all.

Not all the time. Since the earth should've stopped rotating due to friction, there must be another force keeping it going.

Albert Gore II? Is that you?

I'm amazed that you don't understand the concept of tidal friction.

Yes the earth's rotation is slowing down, but very very slowly. A 1963 study of 370 million year old coral indicates that a day then was only about 22 hours. 4.6 billion years ago, Earth probably had 14-18 hour days.

It should be slowing down faster than that.

97 posted on 10/11/2002 10:03:34 AM PDT by #3Fan
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To: #3Fan
It should be slowing down faster than that.

Should? Regrettably, life does not conform with the #3fan school of physics. Please explain your "reasoning." [sic]

107 posted on 10/11/2002 10:57:40 AM PDT by andy_card
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