[meteorite-list] Quickie

From: James Beauchamp <falcon99_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 22:31:31 -0500
Message-ID: <F5C70D85-2B06-4F9C-A3B7-A2B69E8289ED_at_sbcglobal.net>

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.

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On May 19, 2012, at 10:16 PM, <pshugar at 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
>
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