WriterNig:


The moon is drifting away from us.

Each year, our moon moves distinctly, inexorably farther from Earth just a tiny bit, about an inch and a half, a nearly imperceptible change. There is no stopping this slow ebbing, no way to turn back the clock.

The forces of gravity are invisible and unshakable, and no matter what we do or how we feel about them, they will keep nudging the moon along. Over many millions of years, we’ll continue to grow apart.

The moon used to be closer. When it first formed, about 4.5 billion years ago, molded out of rocky debris that had been floating around Earth, the moon orbited 10 times nearer to the planet than it does today. The debris, scientists believe, had come from a collision between Earth and a mysterious Mars-sized object.



Fresh out of the cosmic oven, the moon was hot and molten, glowing red in the night sky. Back then, scientists say, the moon was moving away at a rate of about eight inches per year.

Our planet and its moon were always going to grow apart like this. The gravity of moons, small as they are in comparison, can still tug at their planets, causing the larger worlds to bulge outward a little bit. On an ocean-covered planet like ours, the effect shows up in the shifting tides. The moon pulls at our oceans, but those oceans pull back, making the moon speed up in its orbit. And “if you speed up while orbiting Earth, you are escaping Earth more successfully, so you orbit from a farther distance,” James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist at JAXA, Japan’s space agency, explained.

Scientists refer to this phenomenon as “lunar retreat” a delightful term, as I’d prefer to imagine the moon enjoying itself at a relaxing getaway, bending its rocky body into various yoga poses, rather than slowly ghosting Earth.

GetMeRight:


Must ignorant people contribute to every thread? I guess they can't help it, always craving for attention

EMILO2STAY:
you said I can do it myself ,so I said show me how in details. and I am also assuming you must have done it too since the common man can do it any where.

see my friend you are saying nonsense and you know it. you call me an illiterate well let the illiterate educate you who is supposedly literate, the moon is a plasma 100%, and not a solid ball of rock reflecting light from the sun. it is on record in the journals of the astronomical society that stars can be seen through the moon. professor R. foster first made this assertion in the 50,s and has been proven to be right.

so every thing you said here about moon having mirrors is nonsense.

jchioma:


Who cares for something that will happen in another 4.3 billion years? This oyinbo people nor get work o! They call am "nearly imperceptible change". The changes are not even perceving. So, why worry?

Ever8090:
them dey teach person gamble? ...anyway it is football betting where you bet on outcome of games..Lt is bit easier if you watch football games as it enables you know the strength of teams.
Like myself, I bet responsibly I have the app on my phone I bet from their o don't need to go to s betting shop to place my bet.
And I stake 100 naira mostly, I don't stake huge amount as it is dangerous to do so.

PROVERBZ:
I said your question was the most stupid one for a reason. There are various ways that scientists can discover distance including studying light.

But your question regarding the distance of the moon is stupid because humans have sent probes around our solar system, even to the sun and humans have been on the moon. If you have questioned how they knew the distance to objects in different solar systems or galaxies that would have been a question to entertain.

EMILO2STAY:
you said I can do it myself ,so I said show me how in details. and I am also assuming you must have done it too since the common man can do it any where.

see my friend you are saying nonsense and you know it. you call me an illiterate well let the illiterate educate you who is supposedly literate, the moon is a plasma 100%, and not a solid ball of rock reflecting light from the sun. it is on record in the journals of the astronomical society that stars can be seen through the moon. professor R. foster first made this assertion in the 50,s and has been proven to be right.

so every thing you said here about moon having mirrors is nonsense.

jchioma:


Who cares for something that will happen in another 4.3 billion years? This oyinbo people nor get work o! They call am "nearly imperceptible change". The changes are not even perceving. So, why worry?

Ever8090:
This people will always have one nonsense thing to say..who measured the distance to note that it is exactly an inch and half..

Rubbish! Don't carry your ignorance and tell us it cannot be measured. If you don't know something don't assume it is not possible. I'm sure u were busy doing government and Civic education upantan while in secondary sch so you think science is stupid.

Oga, if you had done your physics in secondary sch, you will know there is something called echo sounding. Now if you can send a wave and have a receiver to pick the time which the reflected waves come back. You can easily measure how far ANY object is away from you. It's why you have satellite in space. They have emitter and receivers. It's the same principle in your ships, airports and even I oyel and gas.

Pls, there are things you know that I don't know, I can't come and say rubbish about what you know.

Now send me beer my guy
I know before opening the trend that they will definitely mention "billion years" and they did not disappoint at usual...

Wetin concern me, with my 100 naira, I just win 75,000 naira on bet9ja I needed the money so bad and God did it for me..I am greatly happy

Glycolite:


Please,can you bring forward one of those verifiable experiments ?

Abascoh:
All these satanically inspired scientists deceiving themselves and other gullible fools. Instead of them to accept the reality of God's existence and his omnipotence over everything, they are there running around with stupid theories about things. The earth collided with a mysterious unknown object as big as mars and some of the debris from the collision somehow managed to gather together and create the moon which then somehow managed to get into perfect sync in the solar system with all the planets and celestial bodies with the earth rotating and revolving around it? This is the crap that these foolish "woke" people believe is sensible but believing that there is a higher power that simply set all these things in motion is a big NO? Look at the perfect symmetry of the solar system and the perfect unison in which all these different creatures and forces in the universe work and tell me how it's sensible to believe that all these things happened by accident.

EMILO2STAY:
you see my friend, it is better to shut up than to open your mouth to spill gibberish.

first you asked how I came about the figures for the moon distance, and I gave you, now your typing nonsense

the moon landing of 1969 was a hoax and i can prove that . that is why they have not gone back ever since because people wiser now.

so pls shut up.

Ever8090:
them dey teach person gamble? ...anyway it is football betting where you bet on outcome of games..Lt is bit easier if you watch football games as it enables you know the strength of teams.
Like myself, I bet responsibly I have the app on my phone I bet from their o don't need to go to s betting shop to place my bet.
And I stake 100 naira mostly, I don't stake huge amount as it is dangerous to do so.

sharpwriter:


Billion years... Lol

You fit teach me that bet9ja stuff?

Workch:
You can do it yourself but you are illiterate who can’t even design a toy car, that’s why you can’t.

Ever8090:
This people will always have one nonsense thing to say..who measured the distance to note that it is exactly an inch and half..I know before opening the trend that they will definitely mention "billion years" and they did not disappoint at usual...

Wetin concern me, with my 100 naira, I just win 75,000 naira on bet9ja I needed the money so bad and God did it for me..I am greatly happy

Geminiboi:
Terrifying

Soon there would be no night time, only daytime. Be scared people....

EMILO2STAY:
I don't want to Believe I am talking to a 12yo. because you acting like one . so to show me proof or give details of how I can use this laser to know the moon is moving away from the Earth is too difficult for you yet you said I can do it. wow, something you have not done yet I can do it. no be to make mouth for nairaland be to show proof. buffoon

EMILO2STAY:
if you believe this, your worse than an animal, because even animals will not believe this. And when I said that the so called scientist are lying, people here called me slowpoke.

EMILO2STAY:
rubbish, go and get me the facts used used to determine the distance of the sun which is said to be 93million miles from earth.

PROVERBZ:
nothing. The earth might have been destroyed by climate change or its collision with others celestial bodies when our galaxy collides with the andremoda galaxy before the moon totally breaks free of the earth's gravity.

Larrykaysail:
lol soro soke

Glycolite:


Please,stay away from gambling.
In the long run,there are more losses, regrettable losses, than rare wins.
Do have a wonderful Sunday.

Alusiizizi:


A small correction, hydrogen is what is being burned up at the moment. After it uses up all(most) of the hydrogen, which at that point would have been converted to helium, then it starts burning up helium as it's main energy source.

Workch:
The reason the moon is moving away is not because the universe is expanding.
The moon is moving away because of the force of interaction between the moon and earth’s oceans.

PROVERBZ:
I said your question was the most stupid one for a reason. There are various ways that scientists can discover distance including studying light.

But your question regarding the distance of the moon is stupid because humans have sent probes around our solar system, even to the sun and humans have been on the moon. If you have questioned how they knew the distance to objects in different solar systems or galaxies that would have been a question to entertain.