I would say less. The highest density of the moon stays on the earth side now, so the 1/r^2 magnitude of the gravity effect is maximized.
If it were rotating, the average pull would always be less than it is now. Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2012, at 10:16 PM, <pshu...@messengersfromthecosmos.com> wrote: > I have a quetion. > Would the moon's effect on the tides be more or less > if the moon still had rotational spin? > And why? > Pete > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
