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Posted by Hagar on February 4, 2008, 10:39 am
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> On Feb 3, 10:06 am, sldes...@aol.com wrote:
>> On Feb 3, 11:00 am, sldes...@aol.com wrote:
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>> > Its low orbit(25,000 miles) stured the Earth's waters. Great waves
>> > pushed up the sides of mountains. Its bacterial life furtilized the
>> > sandy earth surface. Life spread fast on every part of the earth. It
>> > needed a strong large moon in low orbit. It was a trillion to one
>> > shot.B est to keep in mind our rock planet is the only one with a
>> > moon.Moon still needed,but not as much as 3.2 billion years ago Bert
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>> Would like to add It is very nice the moon can create two high tides(W
>> and E) at the exact same time.Bert
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> Of roughly 12,700 BP, our icy proto-moon arrived (perhaps worth as
> much as 8.5e22 kg and 4000 km in icy diameter), lithobraked itself
> into such a nearby orbit from a glancing suckerpunch blow that gave
> our mostly monoseason planet a healthy seasonal tilt, an extra deep
> ocean basin and a few of those antipode generated mountains. How's
> that?
> . - Brad Guth
You really should not acquire your astronomy education from scientific
fortune cookies, Brad ...
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