The gravitational delay is, in part, the cause of ultimate doom!

The earth will stop rotating and the moon will be flung from its orbit.

Read all about it he

http://athene.as.arizona.edu/~lclose...202/lect6.html

What ever happened to Gilligan? Here used to be here frequently years ago.

BC


"Navigator" wrote in message
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Now there's a thought. Would that the Gilligan were here to discuss such
relatively massive subjects.

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Bob Crantz wrote:

Don't forget about gravitational delay.



"Navigator" wrote in message
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Nutation is most easily seen as an annalemma but how does this affect
the tides? What am I talking about anyway?

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