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Article #3757Re: The Moon's Orbit (Re: Solar Eclipse Question)
From: Erik Max Francis
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:47
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:47
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tjt@Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Tim Thompson) writes: > nailed to Jupiter's equatorial plane (likewise Saturn, etc.). Remember that t > Moon's mass, expressed as a fraction of the parent planet's mass, is by far t > largest in the solar system, which makes the Earth-Moon pair unique. The Moon > simply too massive to have been forced into the plane of the Earth's equator Eh? The Pluto-Charon ratio is bigger, ain't it -- and by quite a bit? Erik Max Francis -)(- ..!apple!uuwest!max -)(- max@west.darkside.com __ USMail: 1070 Oakmont Dr. #1; San Jose, CA 95117 ICBM: 37 20 N 121 53 W / \ Like strategic games of interstellar conquest? . . . Ask about UNIVERSE! \__/ -)(- Omnia quia sunt, lumina sunt; all things that are, are lights. -)(-
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