The Moon and Gravity

Gizmokev
Gizmokev Posts: 146
edited June 2011 in The Crudcatcher
Will the moon ever collide with Earth due to its falling out of orbit?

Satellites do so will the moon?

Discuss

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  • Tutterz
    Tutterz Posts: 27
    Nope, read a few articles lately through StumbleUpon one of which was directly related to NASA, apparently the moon is actually getting 1 inch further away from the Earth each year and in 1 million years the effects will be noticeable.
    It's happening due to the Earths rotation slowing down causing the moon rotation to slow down which causes it to drift further away, if it was spinning faster it would be moving in towards Earth.
    The good news is though it will eventually hit a point where it wont drift away any further due to its orbit stabilizing!
  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    and by that point the sun will have expanded to the extent that the surfac e of this planet is too hot to sustain life and we shall all be doomed

    the end is nigh
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    As you posted this in the CC and not the Hub.....

    Surely as the moon is made of cheese, as the sun expands, it will just melt.

    Does that also mean it will rain melted cheese?

    Discuss
  • crazy88
    crazy88 Posts: 560
    It rained helmet cheese on my wife last night. Apparently.
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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    crazy88 wrote:
    It rained helmet cheese on my wife last night. Apparently.
    where were you when this was happining?
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  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    if the moon is made out of cheese, what hceesewould it be, Edam, Cheddar, Wenslydale, the list goes on and on!

    if it starts raining Boursin for example i am stayin indoors, cheddar, will thats a different story!
  • Gizmokev
    Gizmokev Posts: 146
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    crazy88 wrote:
    It rained helmet cheese on my wife last night. Apparently.
    where were you when this was happining?

    I was going to say sat in the corner c0ck in hand...:lol:
  • Gizmokev
    Gizmokev Posts: 146
    As for the type of cheese the moon is made of I think it is Lancashire as it is white and crumbly looking at the NASA pics of the faked moon landings.

    Maybe it is cheddar.....I will send Mr Spoon an email asking him later today
  • wordnumb
    wordnumb Posts: 847
    That's no moon. It's a space station.
    We're caught in its tractor beam and it's pulling us in.
  • crazy88
    crazy88 Posts: 560
    Gizmokev wrote:
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    crazy88 wrote:
    It rained helmet cheese on my wife last night. Apparently.
    where were you when this was happining?

    I was going to say sat in the corner c0ck in hand...:lol:

    Me too, but I just managed to refrain. Cuckold FTW!!! lol
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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    crazy88 wrote:
    Gizmokev wrote:
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    crazy88 wrote:
    It rained helmet cheese on my wife last night. Apparently.
    where were you when this was happining?

    I was going to say sat in the corner c0ck in hand...:lol:

    Me too, but I just managed to refrain. Cuckold FTW!!! lol
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    It's not wensleydale, it's not edam, it's not cheddar, it's not any cheese named after somewhere else. It's "moon cheese". the rarest and tastiest of all cheese.

    Did you know you can also get moon gel?
    http://www.giggear.co.uk/p/Rtom-Moon-Gel/
  • crazy88
    crazy88 Posts: 560
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    crazy88 wrote:
    Gizmokev wrote:
    VWsurfbum wrote:
    crazy88 wrote:
    It rained helmet cheese on my wife last night. Apparently.
    where were you when this was happining?

    I was going to say sat in the corner c0ck in hand...:lol:

    Me too, but I just managed to refrain. Cuckold FTW!!! lol
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  • Fully-sprung
    Fully-sprung Posts: 670
    No, as we all know the moon was made backwards so it must be Edam.
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  • bartimaeus
    bartimaeus Posts: 1,812
    The moon is clearly made of cheese - this was established beyond doubt in Nick Park's documentary "A Grand Day Out". Photographs from the moon landings appear to show the surface covered with a fine layer of what appears to be ash - so my guess is that this is a "chevre". If it were Edam it would have a waxy red surface.

    The moon has already collided with the Earth... possibly.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691
    Gizmokev wrote:
    Maybe it is cheddar.....I will send Mr Spoon an email asking him later today

    That must be the first button moon reference I ve heard for 20 years and it's made me feel all fuzzy and warm inside...to youtube at once!!
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  • Gizmokev
    Gizmokev Posts: 146
    Bartimaeus wrote:
    If it were Edam it would have a waxy red surface

    Would that explain the blood red moons we get every so often.....maybe the klangers remove said wax from the surface to allow the cheese to breathe before once again coating it......

    So many questions????
  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Moon factoid.

    We all know that the moon's rotation is in exact sync with its orbit in relation to Earth which is why we only ever see one side of the moon.

    Well eventually the same will happen to the Earth - its rotation will slow (caused by the gravitational torque from the moon) and eventually it will be in sync and only one half the planet will be able to see the moon from then on.

    Our species will be long gone by then.
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  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    name that moon? (and no cheating)

    enceladus_cassini_PIA07800c16.jpg

    definately made from stilton or danish blue
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Won't the sun have engulfed us by that point though?
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    The sun doesn't have a good engulfing in it!
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  • bartimaeus
    bartimaeus Posts: 1,812
    kaiser83 wrote:
    name that moon? (and no cheating)

    enceladus_cassini_PIA07800c16.jpg

    definitely made from stilton or danish blue

    I name that moon 'Enceladus' and I claim my free cheese.
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    M O O N That spells "moon"
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