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What would eventually happen to the gravitational force between the earth and moon?
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∙ 8y ago
To gravity - nothing.
The gravitational attraction between them would weaken.
The tidal effect would be less.
(Note - the Moon is - and has been - moving away from the Earth ever since it was created.)
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoBecause there is a lag between the gravitational force the Moon exerts on the Earth and its response, the Earth has rotated a bit by the time there is a slight distortion in the form of a "tidal bulge". So this lag means the position of this small tidal bulge is not perfectly aligned with the direction of the Moon; one component of this vector has the effect of pulling the Moon further out in its orbit. During the Apollo missions retro-reflectors were placed on the lunar surface to get very accurate measurements by bouncing lasers off the surface, and it was calculated the Moon is currently receding at a very small speed - a few centimeters per year. Since gravitational force varies with the inverse square of distance, the force will decrease over very long periods of time and the speed the Moon recedes will drop until it reaches a stable distance from Earth.
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∙ 8y agoIf the Moon moved farther away, the gravitational attraction between Earth and Moon would be less. As a result, the tides would also be less pronounced. (The tidal forces are more or less inversely proportional to the cube of the distance.)
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∙ 10y agoIf the moon driften away from Earth, there would be no ocean tides and the rotation of our planet would become unstable.
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∙ 8y agoThe gravitational force of the Moon has an important influence on the Earth ocean tides.
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∙ 8y agoAs the Moon gets farther away from Earth, the gravitational force will get less.
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∙ 13y agotides
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