Tidal evolution of the Moon from a high-obliquity, high-angular-momentum Earth

Matija Ćuk (), Douglas P. Hamilton, Simon J. Lock and Sarah T. Stewart
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Matija Ćuk: Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute
Douglas P. Hamilton: University of Maryland, Physical Sciences Complex
Simon J. Lock: Harvard University
Sarah T. Stewart: University of California Davis

Nature, 2016, vol. 539, issue 7629, 402-406

Abstract: A model of the Moon’s tidal evolution, starting from the fast-spinning, high-obliquity Earth that would be expected after a giant impact, reveals that solar perturbations on the Moon’s orbit naturally produce the current lunar inclination and Earth’s low obliquity.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature19846

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