re: Tides and axis

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re: Tides and axis

Raoul — 1/2/2005 12:26:52 AM (archived)

One third according to one of the articles.

Another thing the Moon does to Earth is stabilize its axis and prevent it from wobbling too much, causing lots of chaos (like it's apparently the case with Mars).

Raoul

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What if the Moon didn't exist? - Raoul - 1/1/2005 7:58:30 PM
- re: What if the Moon didn't exist? - ebnelson - 1/8/2005 6:24:51 PM
- Neil Armstrong would have put his foot down and said... - LJK - 1/8/2005 4:50:42 PM
- Moon Watcher - Peter - 1/2/2005 4:43:13 AM
  - re: Moon Watcher - Raoul - 1/2/2005 2:12:51 PM
  - oops,... (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 1/2/2005 4:47:10 AM
- re: What if the Moon didn't exist? - Delbert - 1/2/2005 12:24:22 AM
  - re: What if the Moon didn't exist? - Raoul - 1/2/2005 12:30:47 AM
    - Chicken and Egg... - Nick Hoffman - 1/2/2005 3:41:31 AM
      - Intercepting asteroids - Tom Brosz - 1/2/2005 4:17:21 AM
        
        Cobblers! - Nick Hoffman - 1/2/2005 4:38:30 AM
        
        Yep, Cobblers... - E.P. Grondine - 1/7/2005 5:09:29 PM
        
        Just curious - Peter Bruener - 1/2/2005 7:08:10 AM
- re: We might not. - Tom Brosz - 1/1/2005 10:24:11 PM
  - re: plate tectonics - dtb - 1/1/2005 10:46:00 PM
  - P.S. There would still be tides without the Moon, but how high? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/1/2005 10:26:32 PM
    - re: Tides and axis - Raoul - 1/2/2005 12:26:52 AM
      - re: Tides and axis and life - Andrew - 1/7/2005 4:16:25 PM
        
        re: Chaos and speed - Raoul - 1/7/2005 11:10:11 PM

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