Re: moon's synchronism

[Jim Riley <jriley@lib.drury.edu>]

If we ignore the effects of the sun the primary interactions are between
earth and moon.  If the angular momentum of the moon decreases then the
angular momentum of the earth must increase, i.e. the total is conserved.

At 09:49 AM 3/19/98 -0800, you wrote:
> > The angular momentum of the system (primarily earth-moon) must be conserved.
>                                      ^^^^^^^^^
> What does this mean?
>
> John
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