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- From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
- Subject: Re: Cosmos without Gravitation
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.164826.5044@linus.mitre.org>
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- References: <1992Dec28.133106.22923@linus.mitre.org> <1992Dec29.143703.7029@hsr.no>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:48:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.143703.7029@hsr.no> onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam) writes:
- }>13. If planets and satellites were once molten masses...they would not have been
- }>able to
- }>obtain spherical form, especially those which do not rotate, as Mercury or the
- }>moon (with
- }^^^^^
- }>respect to its primary)
- }
- }
- }That is simply not true. The moon is rotating (ever heard of earth rise?)
- }although only slightly.
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- wobbles, not rotate. If it rotated, 100% would (eventually) become visable.
- It doesn't.
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- ref "earthrise". No, I haven't. Reference, please.
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