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ok. not stop spinning but when did the moon tidaly lock the earth?


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DutchE said in post #1 :

i think before tidal lock there were no tides then, sudennly, they started.

 

How would you get a tidal lock with no tides?

 

Tides are a consequence of there being elasticity in the surface of the planet/moon. As long as a force is exerted, there is a tide.

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According to computer models based within established physics, early in the formation of the 'proto-Earth,' when the solar system was young a Mars-sized object smashed into it and this mantle ejecta formed the moon.

Thus the Moon and the tides have been there as long as there have been oceans.

 

I offer the following point scoring system for alternative theories.

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=31178#post31178

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Thanks. Haven't mastered the art of hosting links on your site yet so I guess I'll have to just post and let you do your jobs. However if you'd like to make me a moderator or administrator I'd be happy to oblige with a greater degree of forum organisation.

 

Think of it this way. What fun would it be being mod/admin. if nobody ever gave you anything to do?

 

If I can't figure out how to do that post-link thingy I'll PM one of you anyway, how's that sound?

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