Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
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Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
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Re: Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
I had read something about this in the past but it’s very interesting to think that we know it’s happening but we won’t be around to see it !
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Re: Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
Just a heads up...you are thanking a man that posted this 2 months ago and has since, very unfortunately, passed away.Frankskywatcher wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:07 am Thanks for posting this article,I love this website and I added it to the list of websites in the Astronomy Websites section here on the forum.
I had read something about this in the past but it’s very interesting to think that we know it’s happening but we won’t be around to see it !
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I enjoyed his posts very much this sadden’s me very much !
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