moon approaching earth

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From: Art Fortgang (afortga@smcoe.k12.ca.us)
Date: Tue Sep 25 2001 - 06:28:27 PDT 

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From: "Art Fortgang" <afortga@smcoe.k12.ca.us>
Subject: moon approaching earth
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 06:28:27 -0700

>
> Subject: moon approaching earth
> From: "jeremy eddy" <jerem@rocketmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 19:23:50 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Does anyone know the rate at which the moon is
> approaching the earth? In what year are they
> predicted to collide? Are there craters on other
> planets from their own moons having crashed into them?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy Eddy
> The San Francisco School
>

Newton proved that the earth is falling towards the Earth at a rate of 1/20
of inch using Ancient Greek Geometry, his Law of Universal Gravation and a
bit of circular motion kinematics. Fortunately for the Earth and Moon, the
curvature of the Earth at the Moon's location drops 1/20 of an inch.

Art

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