From: smithm@SPAMBLOCK.com.au.retro.com   
      
   On 27 Jan 2004 13:05:21 -0800   
   scribe48@goldcity.net (Ian) wrote:   
      
   > If something physical or meta-physical happened whereby the Moon's   
   > orbit was suddenly changed to an apogy of just within Earth's   
   > gravitational pull (sorry, don't know the distance) and a perogy of   
   > 150,000 to 175,000 miles:   
      
   The moon is already within the Earth's "gravitational pull" just like   
   everything else in the observed universe. Perhaps you were refering to the   
   Roche limit. Inside that limit the moon would be unable to avoid being pulled   
   apart by tides from the Earth's    
   gravitational field.   
      
   >   
   > What are the affects on Earth.  Tides I know about.  What about   
   > tectonic affects?   
      
   You will get very severe tides and probably some earthquakes as some old   
   stresses let go all at once. I suspect the tectonic affects would quiet down   
   after a while.   
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