Did Earth steal its moon from Venus? Controversial new theory suggests Earth pulled the planet's moon away and into our orbit

wyatt1 Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:37 pm

Earth has one moon, Uranus has 27 and and Saturn has over 50. Venus, however, has none.
A wild new theory presented at a Royal Society conference is claiming that Earth may have stolen its only moon from Venus.
The theory, put forward by a Caltech University professor, suggests that Earth pulled Venus's moon out of Venus' orbit and into our own.

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Venus demands compensation and a grovelling apology.

Millipede promises to return the Moon to Venus to rapturous applause.

Flap Zappa Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:59 pm

wyatt1 wrote:Earth has one moon, Uranus has 27 and and Saturn has over 50. Venus, however, has none.
A wild new theory presented at a Royal Society conference is claiming that Earth may have stolen its only moon from Venus.
The theory, put forward by a Caltech University professor, suggests that Earth pulled Venus's moon out of Venus' orbit and into our own.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2438631/Did-steal-moon-Venus-Controversial-new-theory-suggests-Earth-pulled-planets-moon-away-orbit.html#ixzz2gNmn83uM
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Venus demands compensation and a grovelling apology.

Millipede promises to return the Moon to Venus to rapturous applause.

if tony blair had still been in power the apology would already have been sent, preferably in person on the surface of venus without a pressuresuit.

Flap Zappa Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:08 pm

the problem as I see it is that earth is between 25million and 160million miles away from venus so not sure how it would have a greater influence on venus's moon than venus would. would the earth be massive enough to exert such a large gravitational pull to strip a moon from venus?
If anything is likely to strip its moon it would be the sun which is only 3 times as far away and a hugely larger mass

gerber Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:32 pm

Doesn't load of balls call his wife Venus, or should that be call his wife from Venus

Flap Zappa Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:10 pm

gerber wrote:Doesn't load of balls call his wife Venus, or should that be call his wife from Venus

I thought she was called IVEATE balls, which is why she did not change her name

gerber Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:06 pm

Flap Gallagher wrote:I thought she was called IVEATE balls, which is why she did not change her name

Knew there was a V somewhere

wyatt1 Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:41 am

No, it was a gang of 'Travellers'

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Did Earth steal its moon from Venus? Controversial new theory suggests Earth pulled the planet's moon away and into our orbit

Did Earth steal its moon from Venus? Controversial new theory suggests Earth pulled the planet's moon away and into our orbit

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Re: Did Earth steal its moon from Venus? Controversial new theory suggests Earth pulled the planet's moon away and into our orbit

Re: Did Earth steal its moon from Venus? Controversial new theory suggests Earth pulled the planet's moon away and into our orbit

Re: Did Earth steal its moon from Venus? Controversial new theory suggests Earth pulled the planet's moon away and into our orbit

Re: Did Earth steal its moon from Venus? Controversial new theory suggests Earth pulled the planet's moon away and into our orbit

Re: Did Earth steal its moon from Venus? Controversial new theory suggests Earth pulled the planet's moon away and into our orbit