2006-09-25 04:28:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Apparently not, except for a possible stabilizing effect.
The axis of the earth is "tilted" by an angle of 23.5 degrees. This should create a wobble which is not seen to the effect expected. The revolution of the moon (which is very large for a satellite) around the earth has been credited with stabilizing this wobble.
See the reference below:
2006-09-25 04:38:42 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 63⤊ 0⤋
Neither the plane of the earth's orbit, the ecliptic, nor the plane of the earth's equator are fixed with respect to distant objects. The dominant motion is the precession of the earth's polar axis around the ecliptic pole, mainly due torques on the earth cause by the Moon and Sun. The earth's axis sweeps out a cone of 23.5 degrees half angle in 26,000 years.
2006-09-25 23:26:50 · answer #2 · answered by Innocence Redefined 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moon doesn't have so much of gravitational pull to influence Earths Axis...
2006-09-25 11:38:26 · answer #3 · answered by arul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's find out when it leaves. Apparently not but there would be other effects that would be just as severe or even worse.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/luna/esp_luna_16.htm
2006-09-25 15:31:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋