Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoYall hear what they did to Pluto?message-squaremessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareYall hear what they did to Pluto?Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square56linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoYeah, but Earth, as a real planet, isn’t tidally locked to the Moon. Earth spins as it wants.
minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe moon actually steals energy from the earth. It’s estimated that before the moon formed, earth days were around 10 hours.
minus-squarecontext [fae/faer, fae/faer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agobut the moon gets farther away as that happens. it will escape orbit completely before the earth is tidally locked.
Yeah, but Earth, as a real planet, isn’t tidally locked to the Moon. Earth spins as it wants.
The moon actually steals energy from the earth. It’s estimated that before the moon formed, earth days were around 10 hours.
but the moon gets farther away as that happens. it will escape orbit completely before the earth is tidally locked.
Yup.