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		falcolas on May 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What If the Moon Orbited at the Same Height as the... This was addressed in the article, the new orbit period would be 90 minutes. Scary fast, for the size and distance of the moon.

leeoniya on May 19, 2014 [–]

ah, i'll read next time :)

it would likely also distort the earth significantly and tides would become hourly tsunamis.

delinka on May 19, 2014 | | [–]

Likely we'd be 'quake-ridden as well.

edit: terrible, awful grammar

lutorm on May 19, 2014 | | | [–]

You really didn't read the article, did you? ;-)

leeoniya on May 19, 2014 | | | [–]

fml, i meant as in "after work"

milesskorpen on May 19, 2014 | | [–]

... which is what the whole article is about.

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