Why is the moon's orbit accelerating ?

Answer 1

From Wikipedia ....

The tidal bulges on Earth are carried ahead of the Earth-Moon axis by a small amount as a result of the Earth's rotation. This is a direct consequence of friction and the dissipation of energy as water moves over the ocean bottom and into or out of bays and estuaries. As a result, some of the Earth's rotational momentum is gradually being transferred to the Moon's orbital momentum, and this causes the Moon to slowly recede from Earth at the rate of approximately 38 millimetres per year. Due to conservation of angular momentum, the Earth's rotation is gradually slowing, and the Earth's day thus lengthens by about 15 microseconds every year.

Answer 2

The moon influences the earth through the tides and the earth influences the moon. The tidal bulge on earth actually leads the moon in its orbit. The earth rotates in 24 hours, the moon orbits in 27.3 days so the earth is trying to pull the moon along. This transfers momentum from the earth to the moon and raises the moon orbit a bit and slows the earth down just a bit. The moon is drifting away at perhaps an inch a year.

Answer 3

The mood orbit is accelerating in a radial or centripital fashion. meaning that as it travels around the earth it is actually accelerating toward it. but it horizontal velocity keeps thorwing it around the planet. However its orbital path is slowly taking it farther and farther form the Earth at a rate of about a foot a year.

Answer 4

I dont know, i can only talk based on my assumptions. i think space is a compostition of different types of energy, and you manipulate energy to create solid objects. So the perpetual movement of all the planets in space, would not remain constant because they enter different energy frequencies. Hehe, thats something to think about. or maybe the moon is moving away from the sun, the the gravity force is lesser?

Answer 5

ITS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM EARTH, CAN YOU BLAME IT..