Re: [LEAPSECS] Far past and far future

2011-05-27 Thread Rob Seaman
Hi Richard, A more recent paper that might be of interest is Lunar Core and Mantle. What Does LLR See? http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/lw16/docs/papers/sci_1_Williams_p.pdf Very interesting... Although I was involved in LLR data analysis as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT between 1979 and 1981,

Re: [LEAPSECS] Far past and far future

2011-05-27 Thread Clive D.W. Feather
Rob Seaman said: Almost the definition of a moot point, but if the oceans boil into the atmosphere, how much of a change will that make to the Earth's moment of inertia - and in what direction? Wikipedia says that the current moment of inertia is 8.04e37, which is close enough to the numbers

Re: [LEAPSECS] Far past and far future

2011-05-27 Thread Rob Seaman
Clive D.W. Feather wrote: Rob Seaman said: Almost the definition of a moot point, but if the oceans boil into the atmosphere, how much of a change will that make to the Earth's moment of inertia - and in what direction? Wikipedia says that the current moment of inertia is 8.04e37, which