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Moon's Bulge Explained

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the put-some-cream-on-that dept.

anthemaniac writes "The moon has an unexplained bulge that astronomers have been trying to find a source for since 1799. Finally, an apparent answer: The equatorial bulge developed back when the developing moon was like molasses (and you thought it was cheese!) and, rather than today's nearly circular orbit, it 'moved in an eccentric oval-shaped orbit 100 million years after its violent formation.'"

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  1. Re:Well by Tackhead · · Score: 0, Redundant
    > Hey, way to suck the fun out of this with 'the cheese' joke in the description.

    No kidding. Everyone knows the real reason for the bulge is because Ballmer threw a chair at it. The side that got hit is indented in the form of the letters "CHA"...

  2. But it is cheese! by cazbar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just look at the Google map (zoom all the way in).

  3. Re:Oblig... by Tim_sama · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, THESE are oblig: Yeah, but does it run Linux? Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these babies! In Soviet Russia, bulges moon YOU! I, for one, welcome our new bulging moon overlords...

  4. Space viagra! by Mr.+Jaggers · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hey, if space coke worked for Cheech & Chong, why not?

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