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Originally posted by johnlear
Originally posted by MrPenny
Uh.....no. The tidal forces exerted by the Earth would haul whatever thin atmosphere there is on the moon to the side facing the Earth. Just like the Moon's tidal force raises the ocean level and atmospheric depth, right here on good ol' Earth.
Thanks for the post MrPenny. My opinion is that tidal forces/tidal lock are imaginary forces that were fabricated to account for the moons rotational lock.
It is pure speculation whether or not the moon by itself causes earths tides.
In fact, since the moon is probably a space ship it may be something inside the moon that is causing earths tides. Or something else altogether.
But thanks for the post, everybody has an opinion.
Originally posted by Aelita
Originally posted by Eddy_Jordan
Partly right, the forces would pull the atmosphere (made up of however many different gases) towards Earth and indeed many of those particles would reach the escape velocity, resulting in a thinner atmosphere on the Earth facing side of the moon.
Eddy, you imply that the gravitational constant on the surface of the moon changes significantly from one location to the other. This is an error on your part.
Originally posted by sputniksteve
My post just got lost in a jumble of John Lear stuff. Please get back on track guys and scroll up to see my assessment of the book. Thanks.
Originally posted by sputniksteve
My post just got lost in a jumble of John Lear stuff. Please get back on track guys and scroll up to see my assessment of the book. Thanks.
There is also a picture of a 1.5 mile high "shard" tower like structure that is pretty amazing.
Originally posted by Eddy_Jordan
I'm not convinced that I am in error.
At the formation of the atmosphere however this difference could have been enough.
Originally posted by sputniksteve
I said that the pictures are not profound. They are not an "OMG LOOK AT THAT". You need to take them into the context in which they are being presented.