“…the distance between the Earth and Moon is increasing, and the Earth’s spin slowing down. Measurements from lunar ranging experiments with laser reflectors left during the Apollo missions have found that the Moon’s distance to the Earth increases by 38 mm per year.”
The Planet’s Pooping!
cannot unsee
According to Discovery, I guess this will happen in a few million years. Every satellites orbit decays eventually. We’ll be long gone, so unclench.
First, unfail:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Tidal_effects
“…the distance between the Earth and Moon is increasing, and the Earth’s spin slowing down. Measurements from lunar ranging experiments with laser reflectors left during the Apollo missions have found that the Moon’s distance to the Earth increases by 38 mm per year.”
The reason we don’t go back to the moon – on the dark side, it has a face. It is sentient.
If I was the moon I’d do the off too.
The artist is Greg Martin. www.artofgregmartin.com. Image is roughly from 2004, has been cropped and flipped horizontally.
Supposedly in a few million years Saturn’s rings will decay and Uranus will have the rings (or is it Neptune?)
Inb4 rings around uranus
Little help?
Someone needs to shop in the “You Mad?” face on the little guy.