Earth+Moon=Life

Earth the only rock planet with a Moon. The Moon does a lot of good.
When we detect rock planets,and hope to find life on them we must narrow
them down to having a good size Moon. Bert PS Those two potatoes of
Mars don't count

G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
Earth the only rock planet with a Moon. The Moon does a lot of good.
When we detect rock planets,and hope to find life on them we must narrow
them down to having a good size Moon. Bert PS Those two potatoes of
Mars don't count


For once, you might be on the right track, though this idea is at least
a decade old. The thinking proposed in the book by Comins (have it at
the office so I don't recall the exact title), is that the Moon's closer
distance in the past stirred up larger tides, which added better mixing
to the "primodial soup" that once made up most of the surface of the
Earth. This would increase the probability of the type of mixing that
might have brought about self replicating molecules and eventually life
appearing on this planet faster than if it had relied on say the tides
created from the Sun alone. He also mentions (according to a summary I
just found in one of my texts) that the Moon likely slowed the Earth
from what was once a 6 hour rotation rate to the 24 hour one today,
which also affects life cycles on this planet.

"Scott Miller" wrote in message
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G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
Earth the only rock planet with a Moon. The Moon does a lot of good.
When we detect rock planets,and hope to find life on them we must narrow
them down to having a good size Moon. Bert PS Those two potatoes of
Mars don't count


For once, you might be on the right track, though this idea is at least a
decade old. The thinking proposed in the book by Comins (have it at the
office so I don't recall the exact title), is that the Moon's closer
distance in the past stirred up larger tides, which added better mixing to
the "primodial soup" that once made up most of the surface of the Earth.
This would increase the probability of the type of mixing that might have
brought about self replicating molecules and eventually life appearing on
this planet faster than if it had relied on say the tides created from the
Sun alone. He also mentions (according to a summary I just found in one
of my texts) that the Moon likely slowed the Earth from what was once a 6
hour rotation rate to the 24 hour one today, which also affects life
cycles on this planet.


Absolutely correct. I just watched a program called "What if the Earth had
no Moon", an hour long presentation of the moon's origin and its influence
on development of life on Earth. Very interesting. I can only recommend
that everyone check the History and/or Science channel for a repeat.

nightbat wrote

Hagar wrote:

"Scott Miller" wrote in message
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G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:

Earth the only rock planet with a Moon. The Moon does a lot of good.
When we detect rock planets,and hope to find life on them we must narrow
them down to having a good size Moon. Bert PS Those two potatoes of
Mars don't count


For once, you might be on the right track, though this idea is at least a
decade old. The thinking proposed in the book by Comins (have it at the
office so I don't recall the exact title), is that the Moon's closer
distance in the past stirred up larger tides, which added better mixing to
the "primodial soup" that once made up most of the surface of the Earth.
This would increase the probability of the type of mixing that might have
brought about self replicating molecules and eventually life appearing on
this planet faster than if it had relied on say the tides created from the
Sun alone. He also mentions (according to a summary I just found in one
of my texts) that the Moon likely slowed the Earth from what was once a 6
hour rotation rate to the 24 hour one today, which also affects life
cycles on this planet.



Absolutely correct. I just watched a program called "What if the Earth had
no Moon", an hour long presentation of the moon's origin and its influence
on development of life on Earth. Very interesting. I can only recommend
that everyone check the History and/or Science channel for a repeat.



nightbat

Scott Miller finally agreeing with profound Science Officers, I
don't believe it! It's the end, it's the end fur sure! Thank you for
small advances in science and the imaginative deep theoretical giant
leaping of profound Earth Science Team Officers!

carry on,
the nightbat

On May 20, 5:14 am, (G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote:
Earth the only rock planet with a Moon. The Moon does a lot of good.
When we detect rock planets,and hope to find life on them we must narrow
them down to having a good size Moon. Bert PS Those two potatoes of
Mars don't count

I tend to agree, that having a spare moon or more is usually a good
sign, whereas Venus seems to have lost its moon, and it's not that
Venus needs to be defrosted from any ice-age, or much less made any
hotter than it already is from the inside out.
-
Brad Guth

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BradGuth wrote:

On May 20, 5:14 am, (G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote:
Earth the only rock planet with a Moon. The Moon does a lot of good.
When we detect rock planets,and hope to find life on them we must narrow
them down to having a good size Moon. Bert PS Those two potatoes of
Mars don't count

I tend to agree, that having a spare moon or more is usually a good
sign, whereas Venus seems to have lost its moon, and it's not that
Venus needs to be defrosted from any ice-age, or much less made any
hotter than it already is from the inside out.


Mars has two moons. So its not the only rock planet with a moon.

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poster (from a survey taken of the saucerhead high command).

Sacred keeper of the Hollow Sphere, and the space within the Coffee Boy
singularity.

Scott Makes no difference to me if its my original thinking of 40 years
ago or if its my thinking this week. My line of thought in my post was
look for Earth size planets with Moons that are like ours It is using
knowns to find life. Our moon also effects Earth's tilt.(keeps it
upright.)Stirring of the ocean water to me is not a prime factor when
the Moon orbit was only 25,000 miles, This proves angular motion energy
is stronger than gravity. Stuff revolving around the Sun now have larger
orbits than in the past. That has always fit with my old spacetime
thinking. Some times natures balancing act is not 100%. I'm not blaming
mother nature(that would not be nice?.) I can use good science and put
the blame on "Mach" Bert

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(G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote:

Scott Makes no difference to me if its my original thinking of 40 years
ago or if its my thinking this week. My line of thought in my post was
look for Earth size planets with Moons that are like ours


Are you actually aware of the process of exoplanet detections?

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COOSN-174-07-82116: Official Science Team mascot and alt.astronomy's favourite
poster (from a survey taken of the saucerhead high command).

Sacred keeper of the Hollow Sphere, and the space within the Coffee Boy
singularity.

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In article ,
(G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote:

Scott Makes no difference to me if its my original thinking of 40 years
ago or if its my thinking this week. My line of thought in my post was
look for Earth size planets with Moons that are like ours


Are you actually aware of the process of exoplanet detections?

Are you aware of what inmates in prison would do to a "Bugger-Boi" like
yourself?

HJ

nightbat Best we realize Scott thinking and my thinking are not like
two sides of a coin. He is a very close to the book conservative
thinker. I on the other hand am a very liberal thinker,and like to add
to the book or differ. Because I come up with a new theory that
challenges the old theory Scott thinks I don't know the old classical
theory Not much mentioning in books that the Moon creates heat.
That the Jupiter planet Io is the best place to find life because of
Jupiter's great gravity effect on it,and its own residual core heat
that's also heating its watery under its ice covered surface. Best to
realize all energies end as heat. Even Earth's ocean waves. Bert