Charlie Bell wrote: > >> IIRC, Phobos is falling and Deimos is leaving Mars. > > ...and our moon is leaving too. > No, it's not. If the Sun didn't explode [*], the Earth-Moon system would stabilize in two tidal-locked bodies.
> It's all a matter of time. > Yes, but we are talking about a difference in many orders. The Moon has orbited Earth for thousands of millions of years, and it will orbit for ten times that number before stabilizing. Deimos may leave Mars even before Pangea Nova forms on Earth. Alberto Monteiro [*] is this the correct verbal tense? I want to express an alternate hypothetical future to a deterministic and almost sure future. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
