Astronomical Theory Section - Planetary Phenomena


What the programme should have said  (1)

  • Introduction
  • The Tides
  • The Recession of the Moon
  • The Moon as Guardian Angel
  • The Stability of the Earth's Obliquity
This article gives a brief but scientifically accurate summary of the four subjects discussed in this set of articles, as a counter to the comment that the full descriptions are so complex that the programme could not have avoided some inaccuracy when presenting simplified versions.

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