Tony Finch said: > Would the earth be slowing down so fast without the moon? There's some > tidal coupling in the earth-sun system but isn't it much smaller?
Solar tides are about 40% of lunar ones. But I don't know how that maps into tidal acceleration of orbits. -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: cl...@davros.org | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646 _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
