moon / earth interaction

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From: peter rust (mroxidation@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 08:33:22 PST 

From: "peter rust" <mroxidation@hotmail.com>
Subject: moon / earth interaction
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:33:22 -0500
Message-ID: <BAY2-F168ejOnYsDCSc0000e5c0@hotmail.com>

hi pinholers,

i have a question that has been bothering me for a while regarding the earth
and the moon. I can see how the Earth's spin is slowing due to friction
with the tidal bulge... i think. The issue I have is how that is related to
the moon getting further away from the Earth each year. Where does the moon
get this extra energy? I get the idea of conservation of angular
momentum... which is how it is explained in some books... but i don't get it
what is the method of energy transfer from the Earth to the moon... help

peter

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