The moon's gravitational pull creates tidal friction that has decelerated Earth's rotation over billions of years, lengthening the duration of a day from approximately six hours to 24 hours.

Authors

• Person: Katrina Rosen Organization: Nat Hab
  To the Moon and Back: How Lunar Cycles Shape Earth's Wildlife

Sources

• To the Moon and Back: How Lunar Cycles Shape Earth's Wildlife www.nathab.com Katrina Rosen · Nat Hab via serper

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• moon concept
• earth concept