Very fun article. I don't feel that I was "wrong" going in, as I had no real concept of most of this. I was definitely ignorant of a lot of scenarios, though.

Very fun article. I don't feel that I was "wrong" going in, as I had no real concept of most of this. I was definitely ignorant of a lot of scenarios, though. In particular, I knew the moon was tidally locked to the earth; but that was about as far as my thinking on that went. I'd somewhat assume that the moon is "swelled" towards the earth, but maybe not because then the sun would break the lock? The article covers that the general variables involved with moon orbits largely precludes this, I think. Would be a lot of fun to have a VR experience that lets you see some of this from the different perspectives.