Science If the moon suddenly disappears?, what will happen?
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 Nov 19 2009, 07:04 PM
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Well the first thing we'd notice is the tides.
Secondly the rate of the slowing of the rotation of the Earth will drop quite a bit (but frankly most of us never ever notice that anyway) This post has been edited by bgeh: Nov 19 2009, 07:06 PM |
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Nov 20 2009, 12:05 AM
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QUOTE(azarimy @ Nov 19 2009, 08:01 PM) wait. according to my reading, the moon was what slows the earth rotation down. the earth was rotating way too fast millions of years ago. but the interaction with the moon's gravity was what slows it down gradually until the speed we have today. And it'll continue slowing it down even more, and the energy goes to the moon, which drifts further awaywikipedia anyways, what's the impact of not having tides? does the sea current stop, ceasing the thermohaline circulation in the sea and eventually global freezing ala the day after tomorrow?  Unlikely, the tides are not the primary driver of sea currents, it's driven mainly by solar heating (heat not being evenly distributed across the earth) |
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