The Moon is Shrinking!

[Mike21]

I had a quick look about to see if anyone had posted on this one but could not see any posts.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/20/2988235.htm

Hope it is not a repost.

[renormalised]

Nothing out of the ordinary....just caused by cooling of its interior. Same thing has happened to Mercury and possibly on Mars (but to a much lesser degree). Hasn't happened here because the planet's interior is still quite hot and buoyant.

In any case, it's a billion year old story:)

[Octane]

I won't lie, this is fabulous news for astrophotographers. : D

I wonder if we could convince nuclear bearing countries to just fire a bunch of nukes at the Moon and get rid of it, the pesky thing. : P

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[Insane Climber]

Just because we know what it is, don't make it any less interesting. We are seeing the last throws of a volcanic planet. oh i mean moon. :rolleyes: