So if i remember correctly the moon moves away from the Earth at a rate of around 1 Inch per year. The moon effects the Tides which have an effect of weather? What type of impact will this have on global weather over time? will it be noticeable? what effects may it have? could it be behind the earths recent few years of abnormal weather? or is it global warming and not the moon :)
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No effect at all for a few billion years (maybe).
The moon's orbit is an ellipse with a perigee of 225,291 miles and an apogee of 251,910 miles. The difference in not quite 27,000 miles, which is about 12% of the perigee value. So the moon already varies by that amount on a regular basis.
1 inch is 0.000000007 % of the perigee distance. That means that in a <> years, the distance would increase by 7 %. That is less than the percent difference in the existing orbit's min and max distances.
Don't worry about it.
The moon's orbit is an ellipse with a perigee of 225,291 miles and an apogee of 251,910 miles. The difference in not quite 27,000 miles, which is about 12% of the perigee value. So the moon already varies by that amount on a regular basis.
1 inch is 0.000000007 % of the perigee distance. That means that in a <
Don't worry about it.
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The moon is indeed, despite what some answers say, moving further away, as it has done ever since it was formed. The reason is tidal drag - so as the moon gets further away, and the tidal drag therefore decreases, the effect also decreases. As the quantitative answer to your question quite correctly says, the rate at which the moon is now receding is trivial. In a few billion years it will be the rate at which the outer layers of the sun are approaching which any remaining life on earth will have to worry about.
I just want to make one comment about your question. Your claim about the 'recent few years of abnormal weather' is not very scientific. The extent to which we measure weather, and the accuracy with which we do so, have changed very much in recent times. The result is that we are not nearly as certain as you seem to think that recent weather patterns have actually been all that abnormal. WE just don't have the data which would allow us to say that.
I just want to make one comment about your question. Your claim about the 'recent few years of abnormal weather' is not very scientific. The extent to which we measure weather, and the accuracy with which we do so, have changed very much in recent times. The result is that we are not nearly as certain as you seem to think that recent weather patterns have actually been all that abnormal. WE just don't have the data which would allow us to say that.
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Read here what is expected to happen before moving away Moon cause any impact on tides on Earth and vice-versa;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of…
One, I know that even an idiot can be a top contributor (in some cases). You are proof for that statement.
If you can't read the timeline then I can't help you with your dyslexia.
Hint, look around 3 billion years from now....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of…
One, I know that even an idiot can be a top contributor (in some cases). You are proof for that statement.
If you can't read the timeline then I can't help you with your dyslexia.
Hint, look around 3 billion years from now....
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Moon and earth is a balancing pair of equvilibrium for the last 400 billion years.What extrernal factor would make moon to move out now?It is not possible.