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[-] MBM 26 points 7 months ago

Yeah sadly the rotations of Earth around its axis, the moon around Earth, and Earth around the sun don't divide each other nicely

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Why would god do this

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

The Lord works in DSTsterious ways

[-] Spzi@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Eventually, things settle at almost perfect ratios. Everything between creates some kind of friction.

[-] blindsight@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So what I'm getting from this is that we need to push the Moon a bit further from the Earth, and pull the Earth a bit closer to the Sun.

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