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In a further translation from gibberish: Or, to put it another way, the surfaces of the Earth closest to and farthest away from the Moon are traveling at the s
by mcguire 6y ago
In a further translation from gibberish:
Or, to put it another way, the surfaces of the Earth closest to and farthest away from the Moon are traveling at the same orbital velocity around the center of the Earth/Moon system. However, they should be in different orbits; the point closest to the Moon is too slow for the orbit it is in and the point farthest away is too fast. The former wants to into a lower orbit while the latter wants to go into a higher orbit.