[meteorite-list] Quickie

From: Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 23:41:14 -0400
Message-ID: <DF72DCDE32DE4898A51F221DDB1B99FF_at_StuartMcDaniel>

I thought the Moon did rotate??





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-----Original Message-----
From: James Beauchamp
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:31 PM
To: <pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com>
Cc: The List
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Quickie

I would say less. The highest density of the moon stays on the earth side
now, so the 1/r^2 magnitude of the gravity effect is maximized.

If it were rotating, the average pull would always be less than it is now.

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On May 19, 2012, at 10:16 PM, <pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com> wrote:

> I have a quetion.
> Would the moon's effect on the tides be more or less
> if the moon still had rotational spin?
> And why?
> Pete
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