Timeline for Does orbital motion cause rotation?
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| Feb 20, 2016 at 19:52 | comment | added | userLTK | The point particle example is actually important, tides are a product, not just of the gravitational strength of the planet but also the size, density and density variation and, for lack of a better word, stretchy-ness and/or liquidity of the moon. Size of the moon in this example, matters. | |
| Feb 20, 2016 at 19:39 | comment | added | kpv | No, I can not, because, it does not make any sense. Just included it to make the other part to be contrasted. | |
| Feb 20, 2016 at 19:37 | vote | accept | Ludwik | ||
| Feb 20, 2016 at 19:37 | comment | added | Ludwik | On the point particle: Can you really speak of the rotation of a point? I thank you for the rest of your answer by the way, clared things up for me. | |
| Feb 20, 2016 at 19:06 | history | edited | kpv | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2016 at 19:00 | comment | added | kpv | I agree, I said in theory, because not sure about its magnitude, or it would be too complex to calculate it. | |
| Feb 20, 2016 at 18:53 | comment | added | userLTK | Wouldn't that not be "in theory" at all, but very real, though quite small. I agree with you on the point particle, though the idea of a point particle having angular momentum is in itself, a bit of a conundrum. :-) | |
| Feb 20, 2016 at 18:45 | history | answered | kpv | CC BY-SA 3.0 |