Harry Coumnas’ Explanations about the Moon Getting Away From Earth
The speed at which Moon is moving away from earth can assuredly affect life on the planet. But this could take millions of years. The Moon lights up the sky on a clear night and still people take it for granted. It is believed that the Moon has always been there just as it is now throughout the history. Harry Coumnas says that it is not true.
Pertaining to the formation of the Moon, Harry says that it was formed when a proto-planet about the size of mars collided with the early earth around 4.5 billion years ago. From the coalesced impact that left debris led to the Moon’s formation. It has also been seen that during the formation, the Moon was much closer to the earth, just 14,000 miles away as compared with the quarter of a million miles between the Earth and the Moon today.
Moreover, the Moon continues to spin away from the Earth, at the rate of 3.78cm (1.48in) per year. When the Moon was newly formed, days were 5 hours long and with the Moon’s braking effect, days slowed down to 24 hours and will continue to slow down in the future, says the famous space scientist, Harry Coumnas.
Some evidence of the slowdown can be seen in the fossil records of some creatures. Humans can still adapt to the local surroundings to meet their needs and survive massive changes with air conditioning in the summer and lot of heating in winter. Unfortunately, most of the animals are not so adaptable and if these changes happened rapidly, most animals would not be able to evolve quickly enough to hibernate or migrate to a warmer climate. So, at this time human race has little to fear.
Pertaining to the formation of the Moon, Harry says that it was formed when a proto-planet about the size of mars collided with the early earth around 4.5 billion years ago. From the coalesced impact that left debris led to the Moon’s formation. It has also been seen that during the formation, the Moon was much closer to the earth, just 14,000 miles away as compared with the quarter of a million miles between the Earth and the Moon today.
Moreover, the Moon continues to spin away from the Earth, at the rate of 3.78cm (1.48in) per year. When the Moon was newly formed, days were 5 hours long and with the Moon’s braking effect, days slowed down to 24 hours and will continue to slow down in the future, says the famous space scientist, Harry Coumnas.
Some evidence of the slowdown can be seen in the fossil records of some creatures. Humans can still adapt to the local surroundings to meet their needs and survive massive changes with air conditioning in the summer and lot of heating in winter. Unfortunately, most of the animals are not so adaptable and if these changes happened rapidly, most animals would not be able to evolve quickly enough to hibernate or migrate to a warmer climate. So, at this time human race has little to fear.
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