Lunar Recession in the News

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Recently, the issue of the moon’s motion away from Earth was discussed on a popular science website.1,2 The author of the article is a geologist who disputes the creationist claim that the moon’s gradual recession from the Earth is a problem for a solar system that is billions of years old.

Laser-ranging experiments show that the moon is receding from Earth at the rate of 3.8 centimeters per year.3More…

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Source: icr.org

    

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