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Moments of Inertia and the Shape of Continents and Landmasses on Earth



 
 
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Old July 3rd 12, 07:31 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Moments of Inertia and the Shape of Continents and Landmasses on Earth

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, Mon, 2 Jul 2012 12:21:22, Chris L Peterson

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Not so. Systems become unstable under all kinds of conditions. In the
absence of external inputs, systems tend towards the lowest energy
state, which is not necessarily stable, or may not be reached without
becoming unstable first.


In a closed system, the total energy is conserved.

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