Re: Clockmaker

On 3/19/06, Debbie Mann <deborahjmann@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> What would happen if we didn't have a moon. I heard on Discovery that it
> stabilizes the orbit. And what would happen if the earth rotated at a
> different speed - other than changing the lengths of the days? Would it
> destabilize anything?

The gradual slowing of rotation makes it up to about 400 days per year in
the mid-Paleozoic, if I remember correctly. That's not enough difference
for any drastic impact on organisms as far as we can tell.

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