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How much the Earth atmosphere oscillates due to Moon tidal force and does this produces winds?
As there is the tidal force of the Moon exerted on the Ocean water I supose there must be some force acting to the Earth's atmosphere. So when the atmosphere starts falling down as the Moon is ...
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How much mass must Earth lose to lose its Moon?
Maybe I am wrong about the basic concept here, but for my curiosity: how much mass would need to leave the Earth (like satellites and rockets) to create an imbalance between the Earth and Moon so that ...
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How is the Earth heated by a Full Moon?
While the moon is certainly not a good reflector of solar radiation, surely the radiation it reflects back heats the Earth (even if it is a terribly small amount).
How would one go about calculating (...
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