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Where is the angular momentum going?

• pdonis 3y ago
  To the Moon's orbital angular momentum. As the Earth's spin slows, the Moon moves further away and its orbital angular momentum increases.
  • qayxc 3y ago
    Incidentally, this also causes the tidal effects to weaken to a point where calculations show that tidal locking will actually never happen.
    • pdonis 3y ago
      What calculations are you referring to?
• changoplatanero 3y ago
  it goes into pushing the moon's orbit further out