https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/429/the-moons-orbit-and-rotation/

  • CaptObvious@literature.cafe
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    11 months ago

    No noticeable physical effect. We’d see the entire lunar surface rather than just the side that currently faces Earth because it’s tidally locked.

  • plinky [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Maybe moon would still have molten core due to more extreme tidal heating 🤔 Although earth force is puny compared to jupiter.

    So not so much on earth, but cool volcanoes on the moon (possibly)

  • culpritus [any]
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    11 months ago

    Follow Up: How much energy would it take to get the moon to start spinning faster than tidal locked?

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      Presumably any amount right? It would just become tidally locked again very quickly if you used a finger poke.