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... rotation is dissipated as frictional heat . The energy of the Earth's rotation is so huge that this dissi- pation represents only a very small portion of the total over any particular year or even any particular century . Still , it is ...
... rotation is dissipated as frictional heat . The energy of the Earth's rotation is so huge that this dissi- pation represents only a very small portion of the total over any particular year or even any particular century . Still , it is ...
Page 196
... rotation relative to itself , we wouldn't expect Io's similar effect on Jupiter to slow Jupiter's rotation significantly . After all , Jupiter is far larger in mass than the Moon is and packs far more rotational energy into its ...
... rotation relative to itself , we wouldn't expect Io's similar effect on Jupiter to slow Jupiter's rotation significantly . After all , Jupiter is far larger in mass than the Moon is and packs far more rotational energy into its ...
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... rotation altogether ; but they are less than the Earth's effect on the Moon , which was enough to stop the Moon . One might suppose , then , that the rotations of Venus and Mercury , while slowed , would not yet have slowed to a stop ...
... rotation altogether ; but they are less than the Earth's effect on the Moon , which was enough to stop the Moon . One might suppose , then , that the rotations of Venus and Mercury , while slowed , would not yet have slowed to a stop ...
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INTRODUCTION | 9 |
FROM EARTH | 13 |
OH EAST IS WEST AND WEST IS EAST | 15 |
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