The Moon: The Process Of Controlling Tides

The Moon pulls most strongly on the water on the Earth’s surface that is facing it simply because it is the closest. Inertia tries to counteract this, but the gravitational attraction prevails on the “near side” of Earth and causes a tidal bulge. However, on the “far side” of Earth, the side facing away from the Moon, the gravitational attraction is weaker and inertia prevails creating another

The origin of the Moon is, with quite certainty, one of the most bewildering matters that scientist still attempt to uncover. Although there is a certain theory that is currently favoured, Wizard and Muggle Astronomers from throughout the world are aware that this mystery is still not yet fully uncovered.

This doesn’t occur because of the moon’s gravitational pull, like with the affect on the ocean’s tides. Instead, the moon’s own rotation affects the earth’s larger rotation because the earth’s gravitational pull keeps the moon at a slower rate (Stroud, 17). This slow moon rotation forces the earth to slightly slow down its rotation, as well. According to Stroud in The Book of the Moon, this slowing down is at a .0002 seconds per day (Stroud, 21). Over the course of one hundred years, a day will be about two milliseconds longer (Anonymous, website). If enough years go by, those milliseconds will add up to seconds, minutes, and even hours. If an astronaut finds himself on the moon, the difference in time is immediately felt because it takes so long for the moon to complete a full rotation. Mitton says that “a day on the moon is actually as much as a month on planet earth,” (Mitton, 10). As previously mentioned, tidal acceleration is caused by the moon. This acceleration also affects the Earth’s rotation by accelerating the water towards the moon (Rose, moonconnection.com). This causes the water to bulge. This bulge’s size and affects depends on its distance from the moon. “As gravitational force acts to draw the water closer to the moon, inertia attempts to keep the water in place. But the gravitational force exceeds it and the water is pulled toward the moon, causing a “bulge” of water on the near side toward the moon” (Ross, D.A., oceanservice.noaa.gov). This pulling creates the bulge’s size and applies pressure that affects the rotation of the Earth. Although the affect is not too visible in any other way than ocean tides, it will, overtime, cause the Earth to slow

No one knows how the moon was formed, but there are many theories that people believe. One of these theories is that the Earth used to have two moons that struck one another and formed the moon that we know today. Another theory is that planet Earth and a planet named Theia collided with one another, and the debris from the impact is what we call the moon. The theory that proves the most plausible is the one that claims that the Earth and planet Theia collided. There is some evidence that is able to prove this claim.

The Aboriginal people believe that when the tides are high, the Moon fills with water as it rises. And when the water runs out of the Moon, the tides fall, leaving the Moon empty for three days. Then the tide rises again and the cycle

The Moon holds countless mysteries waiting to be discovered. Ancient fire-fountains on the Moon are now explained by scientists. This revelation leads to further insight on the moon’s early formation and how it relates to our own Earth’s evolution.

Tides affect and influence the native world and human environment. Tides carry nutrients, average temperatures, and influence conditions in many ecosystems. The relationship between environment and tides is obvious as coastal cities built to resist prescribed levels of tidal surge are now being affected by record breaking tidal surges, and the building of solid coastal structures do not allow waves to dissolve energy on land but divert their energy to other coastal areas along the shore.

The moons purpose is to light up the night sky. The moons reflects the sun’s lights and shines it on earth even if the sun is on the opposite side.

The moon is widely believed to have formed when a mars sized object collided into the earth about 4.5 billion years ago this impact was so catastrophic that debris was kicked into orbit around earth which led to the formation of the moon.The moon has eight main phases; new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning crescent, third quarter, and waning gibbous. All of these phases take about 29 days to complete. The phases of the Moon depend on its position in relation to the Sun and Earth. As the Moon makes its way around the Earth, we see the bright parts of the Moon's surface at different angles. These are called "the moon phases”.The moon is the fifth largest planet in the solar system. It's roughly one fourth

The moon is a giant ball of rock in our sky. The moon came to be where it is now when a giant, mars sized “proto plantet” as such, smashed into earth sending tons of molten rock flying into space and slowly the moon began to form from that rock. The moon affects our planet in many ways. It affects the oceans tides by pulling water toward where ever it is. Also it has an effect on how long each day is because it slows down the earths spinning by orbiting in the opposite direction. If the moon moon were only 10% further away from earth than it is today the earth would wobble and we would be totally out of place. If the moon was closer to earth, and it depends how much closer, but if it was about 20 times closer the earth would spin much slower

The Moon is a planet in the Milky Way, as well as the Earth. Their jobs is to move in order with the other planets to avoid an incident or disaster to coexist that is called

The sun always illuminates one half of the moon, as the sun rotates we may or not be able to see the illuminated section of the moon. This process creates the “phases” of the moon that we see in the sky every month. Magickally we recognize six phases that change what type of magic we perform during these times.

The Moon is a very popular topic that is very interesting yet strange. The more I found out information about the moon, the more I became interested in it. I never realized all of the important facts about the moon and how beneficial it is to the solar system and our very own planet.

The Earth’s moon is over-sized. It stands out as an anomaly when compared to other moons. The Earth when compared to all the other planets in our solar system has an over-sized moon. By comparison, Jupiter’s many moons, which have different physical and orbital characteristics, seems much smaller. It seems as though the Earth and its moon were a binary planet, with two objects orbiting around each other. Our planet-sized moon is unique in the solar system. For us, the battle-scarred moon serves as the Earth’s guardian angel. Its vast gravitational pull raise the tides and breathes life into the Earth’s oceans. The moon also stabilizes the tilt of our planet and regulating the climate and seasons. Without the moon, humans may never have

The Moon is a timekeeper, and the luminary that takes over when the Sun sets. In ancient Egypt, this Sun-Moon switchover was embodied by the Sun god Ra and the Moon god Thoth. When the Sun god Ra journeyed into the underworld at night, Thoth took over until Sunrise.