Re:Programmer feel-good quote
by tbrownaw on Monday September 06, 2010 @03:54PM
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...hm, how many orders of magnitude down are the tidal forces this ignores?
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Do tidal forces have any effect on the center-of-mass trajectories of planets?
They should, they transfer energy between rotational and orbital velocities. For example the earth is gradually spinning more slowly (as can be seen from daily/annual growth rings in corals), while the moon is orbiting faster and getting farther away.