Not the Jupiter Effect, but . . . ?

[Gord_in_Toronto]

he moon's pull is so strong it may trigger earthquakes on Earth. Scientists are still baffled by its power.

As the Moon's gravity does actually flex the Earth's crust by over 35 cm, I find this easier to accept than the The Jupiter Effect^WP that was popularized in the 1970s. ISTR remember an article or two in Analog.

(I wonder when the "bafflement" will be resolved?)

 

[TheGoldcountry]

I love headlines. "Scientists are still bafflrd by it's power."

Read article: entire concept is explained.

ETA: I'm keeping the typo, it fits.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

we must destroy it

 

[shemp]

we must destroy it

North Korea is planning to do so:

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=9121585#post9121585

 

[The Great Zaganza]

good plan.

that should get the werewolf problem under control.

 

[Mike!]

good plan.

that should get the werewolf problem under control.

The Dragonball solution!

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

A couple of things, one, this isn't new. I think I read the Earth's crust deforms something like a foot in some places as the Moon moves past. Maybe a new study was done. I didn't read the citation, because I plan to look for one on my own. It's never been a perfect predictor of earthquakes but generally there is a consistent correlation.

And two, which is why I'm off to look for additional research, is I get the whole bending of the fabric of space model of gravity. But thinking about it just now the fabric of space model doesn't require gravity to attract. The model is one that is passive: the mass bends the fabric and things fall into the well. How does that pull the oceans out? And especially how would it pull the solid surface out?

Not sure why I never contemplated this before.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Tides

But that's because the moon causes the center of rotation of the earth -moon system to be slightly off center from the earth center.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I love headlines. "Scientists are still bafflrd by it's power."...

ETA: I'm keeping the typo, it fits.

Which one?

 

[Pixel42]

Which one?

TheGoldcountry is obviously a greengrocer.

 

[Roboramma]

And two, which is why I'm off to look for additional research, is I get the whole bending of the fabric of space model of gravity. But thinking about it just now the fabric of space model doesn't require gravity to attract. The model is one that is passive: the mass bends the fabric and things fall into the well. How does that pull the oceans out? And especially how would it pull the solid surface out?

Not sure why I never contemplated this before.

The geodesic path through spacetime followed by the oceans is different from the geodesic path followed by, say, the center of the earth, because the spacetime curvature is different at various distances from the moon.

 

[p0lka]

A couple of things, one, this isn't new. I think I read the Earth's crust deforms something like a foot in some places as the Moon moves past. Maybe a new study was done. I didn't read the citation, because I plan to look for one on my own. It's never been a perfect predictor of earthquakes but generally there is a consistent correlation.

And two, which is why I'm off to look for additional research, is I get the whole bending of the fabric of space model of gravity. But thinking about it just now the fabric of space model doesn't require gravity to attract. The model is one that is passive: the mass bends the fabric and things fall into the well. How does that pull the oceans out? And especially how would it pull the solid surface out?

Not sure why I never contemplated this before.

There are two wells. They're not really wells though, that's a lower dimensional analogy and it only goes so far.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

So much to contemplate so little time.

 

[Mojo]

TheGoldcountry is obviously a greengrocer.

No, that's for plurals.