Dear Brad Guth:

"Brad Guth" wrote in message
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Obviously there's tidal gravitational forces continuously at work, as
otherwise something as massive as the Earth/Moon union would become
one.

A real sidelight, but I don't think they would "become one". I think that
in the existing system, there is enough angular momentum that there is no
way a single "partially liquid" body wouldn't spin out one or more lobes.
You might jam the two together, but I don't think they'd stay together.

David A. Smith