Perhaps the most important effect of the Moon is the way it stabilizes our rotation. When the Earth rotates it wobbles slightly back and forth on its axis. It’s like a top, which doesn’t simply spin in a vertical position on a table or the floor. But without the Moon we’d be wobbling much more.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
In case you wondered ...
... What would we do without the moon? | ScienceNordic.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment