posted August 11, 2024 03:27 PM            

Scientists have discovered that the Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, meaning that days are getting longer.

Contrary to long-held assumptions that our only natural satellite remains same distance from Earth, experts now believe the Moon has been slowly moving away from us for millions of years.

This has had the effect of slowing how the speed at which the Earth spins, and therefore causing the planet to take longer for it to complete a full day’s rotation.

In a study published by a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researchers used rock sediments from a 90-million-year-old rock formation to analyse the Earth’s relationship to the moon 1.4 billion years ago.

They concluded that back then, a day on Earth lasted just over 18 hours because the Moon was much closer.

“As the moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out,” explained Professor Stephen Meyers, professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Link

The moon causes Earth’s tides, which bulge and decelerate Earth—just like a figure skater decelerates from a tight spin by opening up their stance after the spin.

▪ The tidal bulges rotate slightly ahead of the moon because Earth rotates faster than the moons orbit. The bulge tugs the moon forward, accelerating it and transferring
energy from Earth’s spin to the moon’s orbit.

▪ This tidal friction also causes the moon to slowly drift away from Earth at about 1.5 inches (3.82 cm) per year. We know this because we can use lasers to measure the distance to reflectors deployed on the moon during the Apollo missions.

▪ Tidal friction is thought to be greater today than in the past because of the arrangement of Earth’s landmasses, which contributes to the size of the tidal bulge.

posted August 12, 2024 10:35 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Good info.

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You know King, because of my Arabic background I was reading surah in Quran called literally The Moon (Al-Qamar) and at the first verse it says
https://m.clearquran.com/054.html

54:1 The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.

The word used in arabic is (shaq) means move apart / split/ pull away.

That got me spooked lol especially that the word Hour was used specifically, usually The Hour means Day of Judgment.

Not preaching (I'm far away from that lol) just stating what i've read. I believe in all Abrahamic Holy Books equally.

posted August 12, 2024 02:11 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
I posted a link about this, I think, in another thread. Climate change.

[URL=http://www.npr.org/2024/07/18/nx-s1-5042001/climate-change-ice-melt-earth-longer-days]http://www.npr.org/2024/07/18/nx-s1-5042001/climate-change-ice-melt-earth-longer-days[/UR L]

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Thank you Teasel, so this process can get accelerated if sea level kept increasing.

posted August 12, 2024 05:05 PM            

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Originally posted by GoldenSword:
You know King, because of my Arabic background I was reading surah in Quran called literally The Moon (Al-Qamar) and at the first verse it says
https://m.clearquran.com/054.html

54:1 The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.

The word used in arabic is (shaq) means move apart/ split/ pull away.

That got me spooked lol especially that the word Hour was used specifically, usually The Hour means Day of Judgment.

Not preaching (I'm far away from that lol) just stating what i've read. I believe in all Abrahamic Holy Books equally.

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+
Noah in verse 9 story of the flood and ark

11. So We opened the floodgates of heaven with water pouring down.

12. And We made the earth burst with springs, and the waters met for a purpose already destined.

posted August 13, 2024 01:49 PM            

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▪ This tidal friction also causes the moon to slowly drift away from Earth at about 1.5 inches (3.82 cm) per year.

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which means

in 100 years (more than the average human lifetime), the moon moves away 150 inches or 12.5 feet away from the earth.

in 1000 years, the moon moves away 125 feet from the earth.

So in the past 5000 years, the moon has thus moved away 625 feet from the earth...

posted August 13, 2024 04:31 PM            

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Originally posted by GoldenSword:
You know King, because of my Arabic background I was reading surah in Quran called literally The Moon (Al-Qamar) and at the first verse it says
https://m.clearquran.com/054.html

54:1 The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.

The word used in arabic is (shaq) means to move away between two objects / split/ pull away.

That got me spooked lol especially that the word Hour was used specifically, usually The Hour means Day of Judgment.

Not preaching (I'm far away from that lol) just stating what i've read. I believe in all Abrahamic Holy Books equally.

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That is so interesting! This is a topic that I would like to come back to and discuss more. But personally I would have to say days feel like they are getting shorter. And I read that our current world is vibrating higher and starting to merge a little with higher worlds, which have longer days.

I also read that the speed of light calculation was mentioned in Quran.

Quran says that angels move in the speed of light, and in one specific night each year during the month of Ramadan, Quran says that angels travel 1000 years of supernatural years in one human day.

posted August 14, 2024 04:00 AM            

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Originally posted by Belage:
which means

in 100 years (more than the average human lifetime), the moon moves away 150 inches or 12.5 feet away from the earth.

in 1000 years, the moon moves away 125 feet from the earth.

So in the past 5000 years, the moon has thus moved away 625 feet from the earth...

Whoop-dee-doo!!!

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posted August 14, 2024 04:12 AM            

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Originally posted by GoldenSword:
You know King, because of my Arabic background I was reading surah in Quran called literally The Moon (Al-Qamar) and at the first verse it says
https://m.clearquran.com/054.html

54:1 The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.

The word used in arabic is (shaq) means move apart/ split/ pull away.

That got me spooked lol especially that the word Hour was used specifically, usually The Hour means Day of Judgment.

Not preaching (I'm far away from that lol) just stating what i've read. I believe in all Abrahamic Holy Books equally.

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posted August 19, 2024 08:32 PM            

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Originally posted by GoldenSword:
@girlwiththerainysoul
Btw I have evidence from Quran that Earth rotates on its axis and not stationary fixed, I will post it in Divine Diversities forum soon.

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posted August 20, 2024 01:41 PM            

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Originally posted by ThunderSword:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by GoldenSword:
[b]@girlwiththerainysoul
Btw I have evidence from Quran that Earth rotates on its axis and not stationary fixed, I will post it in Divine Diversities forum soon.

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