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Re: The Moon's Orbit (Re: Solar Eclipse Question)

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From: Michael Moroney
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:23
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tjt@Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Tim Thompson) writes:

>nailed to Jupiter's equatorial plane (likewise Saturn, etc.). Remember that the
>Moon's mass, expressed as a fraction of the parent planet's mass, is by far the
>largest in the solar system, which makes the Earth-Moon pair unique

Except for Pluto/Charon, of course.

-Mike
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From: moroney@world.std.com (Michael Moroney)
Subject: Re: The Moon's Orbit (Re: Solar Eclipse Question)
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