Re: Moon's synchronism

[Jim Green <JMGreen@sisna.com>]

At 11:58 AM 3/17/98 -0800, John wrote:

> BTW, it's interesting to consider this phenomenon from a driven 
> oscillator point of view.  The tidal force effectively drives the 
> moon at a frequency of about 1 cycle per month.  But since that 
> frequency is *way* above the resonant frequency, the moon's 
> rotational inertia dominates.

John, what is your evidence for this???  What tidal force?  Are you talking
about water, crust, or magma -- Moon or Earth?  I would be grateful for
citations.  We are now dangerously close to our annual discussion of tidal
bulges.  Do you really want to go there? (:-)

Jim Green
JMGreen@sisna.com