Why is this type of rotation any different than the planets orbiting the sun? Surely the sun is big enough to cause a similar effect with at least some of the closer planets, just as the Earth does with the moon.
supposedly planets rotations ARE slowing down, actually, just not at a rate at which it'll have any real effect. (from what I've read earth days become about 2 milliseconds longer per year, so it would take hundreds of years to even increase the length of a day by one second.)
note that I haven't done extensive research on this and this could all be horseshit.
Why is this type of rotation any different than the planets orbiting the sun? Surely the sun is big enough to cause a similar effect with at least some of the closer planets, just as the Earth does with the moon.
supposedly planets rotations ARE slowing down, actually, just not at a rate at which it'll have any real effect. (from what I've read earth days become about 2 milliseconds longer per year, so it would take hundreds of years to even increase the length of a day by one second.)
note that I haven't done extensive research on this and this could all be horseshit.
"note that I haven't done extensive research on this and this could all be horseshit."
This is the problem -- you don't know what's true and what's false anymore.
you're right, I don't know. I'm just offering my opinion on it is all.
I wasn't meaning to point you out specifically. I should have said:
This is the problem -- we don't know what's true and what's false anymore.
I meant it as a general statement. :-)