And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Mass is attracted to mass. On the other hand, the two galaxies will eventually reach a state of equalibrium. The Moons mass is 1/80th that of the Earth. The reason we see only one side of the moon is that a state of equalibrium has been achieved. The two bodies (or galaxies) cannot get any closer regardless of the disparity of mass.
Theoretically, there is a point between the Earth and the Moon (much closer to the Moon than the Earth) where the gravitational forces cancel each other out. This is called a Lagrange Point. All orbits are parabolic, yet the mean distance between the Earth and the Moon, or the Earth and the Sun remain consistant.
The latest scientific data suggest that in a tug of war between Andromeda and the Milky Way, the Milky Way will win hands down! Sorry folks, I was an astonomy and physics geek starting at age 14. I am going to file this story along with Anthropormorphic Global Warming, the Piltdown Man, the Cardiff Giant, alien abductions, Area 51 conspiracies and the Loch Ness Monster!
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ReplyDeleteI doubt that I'll be around to comment by then. Pity.
ReplyDeleteMass is attracted to mass. On the other hand, the two galaxies will
ReplyDeleteeventually reach a state of equalibrium. The Moons mass is 1/80th
that of the Earth. The reason we see only one side of the moon
is that a state of equalibrium has been achieved. The two bodies
(or galaxies) cannot get any closer regardless of the disparity of
mass.
Theoretically, there is a point between the Earth and the Moon
(much closer to the Moon than the Earth) where the gravitational
forces cancel each other out. This is called a Lagrange Point.
All orbits are parabolic, yet the mean distance between the
Earth and the Moon, or the Earth and the Sun remain consistant.
The latest scientific data suggest that in a tug of war between
Andromeda and the Milky Way, the Milky Way will win hands down!
Sorry folks, I was an astonomy and physics geek starting at age
14. I am going to file this story along with Anthropormorphic
Global Warming, the Piltdown Man, the Cardiff Giant, alien
abductions, Area 51 conspiracies and the Loch Ness Monster!
Well, I never made any plans for after the oceans dry up, so that's OK by me.
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ReplyDeleteDon't let Al Gore see that. He will get a bunch of idiots to give him money to stop it.
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