Moons will come and moons will go
Some real fast others real slow
But I think what will be the pressing issue
Is what on earth will all the werewolves do?
Nebulous, the moon orbits both the suna and the moon and technucally, they all orbit the center of the Milky Way.
Josh, that’s a good question….I wonder how far our moon would have to drift before Venus steals it from us….
The prediction is, the moon will go out a certain distance until the day and month on earth are equal, and then the moon will start spiraling inward until it breaks up into a ring. The process is supposed to take, oh, about two billion years overall.
Since there is a center of gravity within the earth (barycenter, if memory serves) for the earth-moon system, the moon does revolve around the earth as a satellite. But from another perspective, the orbits of the two around the sun are indeed entangled. It’s all a question of the frame of reference…and now of definition, since the IAU now insists that to be called a double planet, the barycenter has to be between the two bodies and not within one of them.
margueritem almost 15 years ago
Come back, Moon! Don’t leave us!
ejcapulet almost 15 years ago
When it gets too far away, the tide will turn against us.
zero almost 15 years ago
Now if we could only get a few billion aholes to drift away too. Much much faster…
wndrwrthg almost 15 years ago
Moons will come and moons will go Some real fast others real slow But I think what will be the pressing issue Is what on earth will all the werewolves do?
rayannina almost 15 years ago
Given how well we’re doing with the Earth, if I were the Moon I’d be inching away too …
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
Ralph, correct Alice’s trajectory.
watcha almost 15 years ago
Yes, rayannina. Moon saw this this coming miles away!
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 15 years ago
Are moons orbiting other planets (except Venus and Mercury) doing this also?
Dkram almost 15 years ago
As I understand it, the martian moons are in decaying orbits.
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timtribbett almost 15 years ago
Quick,somebody harpoon it!!
Nebulous Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Luna doesn’t orbit Earth, it orbits the Sun. It’s just that their orbits are intertwined so that it LOOKS like the Moon orbits the Earth.
wetidlerjr almost 15 years ago
Back to B&W. Someone wake up the monkey and tell him to fix it.
crobinson019 almost 15 years ago
Charlie Brown and Linus did this joke years ago. Nice tribute!
Varnes almost 15 years ago
Nebulous, the moon orbits both the suna and the moon and technucally, they all orbit the center of the Milky Way. Josh, that’s a good question….I wonder how far our moon would have to drift before Venus steals it from us….
brittickjr almost 15 years ago
Looks like Rickard is floating in space.
Digital Frog almost 15 years ago
Very nice wndrwrthg!
If it separates from earth completely, I wonder if it will bother waxing any longer…
McGehee almost 15 years ago
Waxing? Are you kidding, it doesn’t even do windows.
Trebor39 almost 15 years ago
Goodbye Moon, it’s been nice to know ya.
slhansen07 almost 15 years ago
Good eye, Brewster.
mrsullenbeauty almost 15 years ago
Ha ha, that made me chuckle Mac.
I was thinking, “Naw, it’ll just let the hair grow willy-nilly.”
Sherlock Watson almost 15 years ago
So, one of my favorite TV shows is still futuristic after all; they just need to change the title to Space: 19,999.
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
The prediction is, the moon will go out a certain distance until the day and month on earth are equal, and then the moon will start spiraling inward until it breaks up into a ring. The process is supposed to take, oh, about two billion years overall.
Since there is a center of gravity within the earth (barycenter, if memory serves) for the earth-moon system, the moon does revolve around the earth as a satellite. But from another perspective, the orbits of the two around the sun are indeed entangled. It’s all a question of the frame of reference…and now of definition, since the IAU now insists that to be called a double planet, the barycenter has to be between the two bodies and not within one of them.
wndrwrthg almost 15 years ago
Thank you Digital Frog.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 15 years ago
DF, or will it be singing in the wane?
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 5 years ago
The further away it gets, the less tidal effect affects it.
NaGrom Premium Member about 2 years ago
Extrapolating backwards, how close was it in the beginning?