(urth) Cumaean???

[Recursive Loop]

"Lune is a tricky subject. We know it LOOKS bigger than now. That may be because its closer. Why
its closer we don't know. Maybe Wolfe assumes it would be closer do to gravitational attraction,
but thats wrong, because the Moon is actually getting farther away from Earth. Maybe it was
intentionally "pushed" towards the earth? Why I can't possibly understand. Some people say that
its mass was increased. Maybe, but what for and how?"

If it were terraformed, they might have pelted it with comets to build the atmosphere. That would
increase the mass. But they also might have pelted it with rocky or metal asteroids to build the
mass (and increase the gravity) to help retain that comet-pelting created atmosphere (speculation
here).

As for moving it towards Earth...If you can terraform a moon, maybe you want to move it as well to
decrease travel time? Or because you need a better light source in the sky to help you read those
futuristic eInk eBooks?

Moving it closer brings it closer to the Roche Limit. Cross that line and the Moon breaks up,
IIRC. I'm not sure where the Roche Limit is in the Earth-Moon system (looked through a few books
on the shelves, but haven't found it yet).





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