On Jul 18, 10:39 am, "Hagar" wrote:
"BradGuth" wrote in message
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This topic is entirely Selene/moon related, such as the supposed
volcanic or lava fused as little and apparently not so little basalt
and silica combined spheres (�green glass spherules�) that researchers
claim to be of their NASA/Apollo moon rock samples, that which
supposedly their spendy (public owned) mass spectrometers as having
only recently detected as containing 260,000 ppb of good old h2o.
(that's not necessarily per given mass of common moon bedrock, but of
the given mass of each little portion of rock containing such lava
formulated geodes as solid glass spheres that could have been
contributed and/or contaminated by most any icy meteor encounter)
Water Discovered in Moon Rock Samples / By Jeremy Hsu of Space.com
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,380148,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,380148,00.html#
http://space.newscientist.com/articl...w-the-moon-rev...
snip Guthball drivel
The tidal flexing, as you call it, only affects the Earth's oceans. It is
far too puny to affect the landmass. The Earth has no tidal effect on the
Moon, since its rotational period coincides with its orbital period. No
flexing there, Guthball
Hagar, Hagar, Hagar. There's more to tidal flexology and crust
morphology than oceans. Earth is at least 98.5% fluid to the likes of
tidal flexing everything from our atmosphere to the very core of
Earth. Of what's essentially solid about Earth is kept in motion due
to solar and moon tidal flex.
I agree that Earth's tidal flex on behalf of morphing our Selene/moon
is limited as to the elliptical lunar orbit factor and of the very
gradual interactions with our sun and Earth, and otherwise not of
anything all that significant from Earth's spin.
Obviously the moon itself isn't causing tidal flex upon its interior
due to spin, because it has no spin with relation to Earth, and only a
very slow rate of spin in relation to our sun.
So, perhaps that leaves the vast bulk of the 2e20 N/sec of tidal force
as primarily affecting Earth. The question remains; how much of that
2e20 N/sec becomes tidal flex worthy of terrestrial geothermal or that
of global warming energy?
- Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth