Tides depend on the phases of the moon, how does this work? The influence of the moon on the ebb and flow of tides Tidal phenomena on other planets
The influence of the Moon on the earthly world exists, but it is not pronounced. You can hardly see him. The only phenomenon that visibly demonstrates the effect of the Moon's gravity is the Moon's influence on the ebb and flow of the tides. Our ancient ancestors associated them with the Moon. And they were absolutely right.
How the Moon affects the ebb and flow of tides
The tides are so strong in some places that the water recedes hundreds of meters from the shore, exposing the bottom where the people living on the coast collected seafood. But with inexorable precision, the water that has retreated from the shore rolls in again. If you don’t know how often the tides occur, you can find yourself far from the shore and even die under the advancing water mass. The coastal peoples knew perfectly well the schedule of the arrival and departure of waters.
This phenomenon occurs twice a day. Moreover, ebbs and flows exist not only in the seas and oceans. All water sources are influenced by the Moon. But far from the seas it is almost imperceptible: sometimes the water rises a little, sometimes it drops a little.
The influence of the Moon on liquids
Liquid is the only natural element that moves behind the Moon, oscillating. A stone or a house cannot be attracted to the moon because it has a solid structure. Pliable and plastic water clearly demonstrates the influence of lunar mass.
What happens during high or low tide? How does the moon raise water? The Moon most strongly influences the waters of the seas and oceans on the side of the Earth that is currently facing directly towards it.
If you look at the Earth at this moment, you can see how the Moon pulls the waters of the world's oceans towards itself, lifts them, and the thickness of the water swells, forming a “hump”, or rather, two “humps” appear - the high one on the side where the Moon is located , and less pronounced on the opposite side.
The “humps” precisely follow the movement of the Moon around the Earth. Since the world ocean is a single whole and the waters in it communicate, the humps move from shore to shore. Since the Moon passes twice through points located at a distance of 180 degrees from each other, we observe two high tides and two low tides.
Ebbs and flows in accordance with the phases of the moon
- The highest tides occur on the ocean shores. In our country - on the shores of the Arctic and Pacific oceans.
- Less significant ebbs and flows are typical for inland seas.
- This phenomenon is observed even weaker in lakes or rivers.
- But even on the shores of the oceans, the tides are stronger at one time of the year and weaker at others. This is already due to the distance of the Moon from the Earth.
- The closer the Moon is to the surface of our planet, the stronger the tides will be. The further you go, the weaker it naturally becomes.
Water masses are influenced not only by the Moon, but also by the Sun. Only the distance from the Earth to the Sun is much greater, so we do not notice its gravitational activity. But it has long been known that sometimes the ebb and flow of the tides become very strong. This happens whenever there is a new moon or full moon.
This is where the power of the Sun comes into play. At this moment, all three planets - the Moon, Earth and Sun - line up in a straight line. There are already two gravitational forces acting on the Earth - both the Moon and the Sun.
Naturally, the height of the rise and fall of the waters increases. The combined influence of the Moon and the Sun will be strongest when both planets are on the same side of the Earth, that is, when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun. And the water will rise more strongly from the side of the Earth facing the Moon.
This amazing property of the Moon is used by people to obtain free energy. Tidal hydroelectric power stations are now being built on the shores of seas and oceans, which generate electricity thanks to the “work” of the Moon. Tidal hydroelectric power plants are considered the most environmentally friendly. They operate according to natural rhythms and do not pollute the environment.
Most of the volume of outer space is empty space. But here and there spherical clumps of matter - planets, moons, stars - rush past each other in a gigantic dance.
While performing their cosmic movements, they act on each other with the force of gravity, causing swelling of ocean waters on the surfaces of the planets. Gravity is the force of attraction that acts between all material objects without exception.
What are tides?
Ocean tides are the regular rise and fall of the water level of the World Ocean in response to gravitational influences, that is, to the forces of attraction. When the ocean waters rise to their highest level, which happens every 13 hours, it is called high tide. When the water reaches its lowest point, it is called low tide. If you come to relax on a sea beach at high tide, you observe the effect of worlds rushing past the Earth in the eternal darkness of space.
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The Sun, Moon and other bodies of the solar system influence the water and land of the Earth by the force of their gravity. But only the Moon and the Sun have a practical influence. The Sun, although very far away (149 million kilometers), is so massive that its gravitational force is strong.
The Moon is very small (its mass is 1/81 of the mass of the Earth), but it has a pronounced gravitational effect on the Earth due to its close distance from it (380,000 kilometers).
Interesting fact: When the Sun, Moon and Earth are on the same line, that is, on a new moon, the tides are especially strong.
Despite the strong gravity of the huge Sun, the small Moon, due to its proximity to the Earth, has a much greater influence on the tides. In addition, the gravitational force of the Moon varies noticeably from area to area of the earth's surface. These changes are due to the different distances of different parts of the earth's surface from the Moon at any given time.
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution
higher professional education
"Siberian State Aerospace University
named after academician M.F. Reshetnev"
Scientific and educational center
"Institute of Space Research and High Technologies"
Department of Technical Physics
Report on educational (introductory) practice
The influence of the Moon as a natural satellite on planet Earth
Direction: 011200.62 “Physics”
Performed:
3rd year student, group BF12-01
Persman Kristina Viktorovna
Supervisor:
Ph.D., Associate Professor
Parshin Anatoly Sergeevich
Krasnoyarsk 2014
INTRODUCTION
1Origin of the Moon
2Movement of the Moon
3Shape of the Moon
4Phases of the Moon
5Internal structure of the Moon
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1Ebbs and flows
2Earthquakes and the Moon
RESEARCH RESULTS
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
The Moon, by its influence, has a very great influence on planet Earth and has a very large role in its, and most importantly, our existence, no less than the Sun. To understand its role in our lives, let's go back 4.5 billion years, when the solar system was still young, and the Earth did not yet have a Moon. Our planet flew around the Sun alone, bombarded by comets and asteroids, as if in a giant cosmic billiards game. Nowadays, scars from such ancient blows can no longer be found. Some of the trillions of pieces of debris floating around in space coalesced into the protoplanet Theia. The orbit that brought it to a collision with the Earth. The blow to the young Earth was a glancing one. The cores of the planets merged together, and huge masses of molten rock were thrown into low-Earth orbit. Since this substance was liquid, it easily gathered into a spherical object, which became the Moon.
Although the mass of the Moon is 27 million times less than the mass of the Sun, it is 374 times closer to the Earth and has a strong influence on it, causing rising tides in some places and low tides in others. This happens every 12 hours 25 minutes, since the Moon makes a full revolution around the Earth in 24 hours 50 minutes.
The Moon is the Earth's companion in outer space. Every month the Moon makes a complete journey around the Earth. It glows only from light reflected from the Sun.
The Moon is the only satellite of the Earth and the only extraterrestrial world that people have visited. By studying it, people learned to use its properties for their needs without causing harm to the environment.
1 Origin of the Moon
The origin of the Moon has not yet been definitively established. The problem is that we have too many assumptions and too few facts. All this happened so long ago that none of the hypotheses can be verified.
Many theories have been proposed at different times. Three mutually exclusive hypotheses were considered the most likely. One is the capture hypothesis, according to which the Moon formed independently of the Earth and was later captured by its gravitational field. Another is the co-formation hypothesis, according to which the Earth and the Moon were formed from a single cloud of gas and dust. And the third is the centrifugal separation hypothesis, according to which the Moon was separated from the Earth under the influence of centrifugal forces.
However, analysis of lunar soil samples delivered by American astronauts cast doubt on all these hypotheses. Scientists had to put forward a new one - a collision hypothesis, according to which the Moon was formed as a result of the collision of the protoplanet Earth with another large cosmic body - the protoplanet Theia.
Giant impact hypothesis
Figure 1 - collision of the Earth with Theia
The collision hypothesis was proposed by William Hartman
The collision hypothesis is currently considered the main one, since it well explains all the known facts about the chemical composition and structure of the Moon, as well as the physical parameters of the Earth-Moon system. Initially, great doubts were raised about the possibility of such a successful collision (oblique impact, low relative speed) of such a large body with the Earth. But then it was suggested that Theia formed in Earth's orbit, at one of the Lagrange points
To explain the iron deficiency on the Moon, we have to accept the assumption that by the time of the collision (4.5 billion years ago) both on Earth and on Theia, gravitational differentiation had already occurred, that is, a heavy iron core was released and a light silicate mantle was formed. No clear geological evidence has been found for this assumption.
If the Moon had somehow ended up in Earth’s orbit at such a distant time and after that had not undergone significant shocks, then, according to calculations, a multi-meter layer of dust settling from space would supposedly have accumulated on its surface
2 Moon movement
The Moon moves around the Earth at an average speed of 1.02 km/sec in an approximately elliptical orbit in the same direction in which the vast majority of other bodies in the Solar System move, that is, counterclockwise when we sit down to look at the Moon's orbit from the North Pole. The semimajor axis of the Moon's orbit, equal to the average distance between the centers of the Earth and the Moon, is 384,400 km (approximately 60 Earth radii). Due to the ellipticity of the orbit and disturbances, the distance to the Moon varies between 356,400 and 406,800 km. The period of revolution of the Moon around the Earth, the so-called sidereal (stellar) month, is 27.32166 days, but is subject to slight fluctuations and a very small secular reduction. The movement of the Moon around the Earth is very complex, and its study is one of the most difficult problems of celestial mechanics.
Elliptical motion is only a rough approximation, and is subject to many disturbances caused by the attraction of the Sun, the planets, and the oblateness of the Earth. The most important of these disturbances, or inequalities, were discovered from observations long before their theoretical derivation from the law of universal gravitation. The attraction of the Moon by the Sun is 2.2 times stronger than by the Earth, so, strictly speaking, one should consider the movement of the Moon around the Sun and the disturbance of this movement by the Earth. However, since the researcher is interested in the movement of the Moon as seen from the Earth, the gravitational theory, which was developed by many major scientists, starting with I. Newton, considers the movement of the Moon around the Earth. In the 20th century, they used the theory of the American mathematician J. Hill, on the basis of which the American astronomer E. Brown calculated (1919) mathematical series and compiled tables containing the latitude, longitude and parallax of the Moon. The argument is time.
The plane of the Moon's orbit is inclined to the ecliptic at an angle of 5°843, subject to slight fluctuations. The points of intersection of the orbit with the ecliptic are called the ascending and descending nodes, have an uneven retrograde motion and make a full revolution along the ecliptic in 6794 days (about 18 years), as a result of which the Moon returns to the same node after an interval of time - the so-called draconic month, - shorter than the sidereal one and on average equal to 27.21222 days, the frequency of solar and lunar eclipses is associated with this month. The Moon rotates around an axis inclined to the ecliptic plane at an angle of 88°28", with a period exactly equal to the sidereal month, as a result of which it always faces the Earth with the same side.
This coincidence of the periods of axial rotation and orbital revolution is not accidental, but is caused by tidal friction that the Earth produced in the solid or once liquid shell of the Moon. However, the combination of uniform rotation with uneven orbital movement causes small periodic deviations from a constant direction to the Earth, reaching 7° 54" in longitude, and the inclination of the Moon's rotation axis to the plane of its orbit causes deviations of up to 6° 50" in latitude, resulting in different time from the Earth you can see up to 59% of the entire surface of the Moon (although areas near the edges of the lunar disk are visible only from a strong perspective); such deviations are called libration of the Moon. The planes of the Moon's equator, ecliptic and lunar orbit always intersect along one straight line (Cassini's law).
1.3 Shape of the Moon
The shape of the Moon is very close to a sphere with a radius of 1737 km, which is equal to 0.2724 of the equatorial radius of the Earth. The surface area of the Moon is 3.8 * 107 km2, and the volume is 2.2 * 1025 cm3. A more detailed determination of the Moon’s figure is complicated by the fact that on the Moon, due to the absence of oceans, there is no clearly defined level surface in relation to which heights and depths could be determined; in addition, since the Moon is turned to the Earth with one side, it seems possible to measure the radii of points on the surface of the visible hemisphere of the Moon from the Earth (except for points at the very edge of the lunar disk) only on the basis of a weak stereoscopic effect caused by libration.
The study of libration made it possible to estimate the difference between the major semi-axes of the Moon's ellipsoid. The polar axis is less than the equatorial axis, directed towards the Earth, by about 700 m and less than the equatorial axis, perpendicular to the direction to the Earth, by 400 m. Thus, the Moon, under the influence of tidal forces, is slightly elongated towards the Earth. The mass of the Moon is most accurately determined from observations of its artificial satellites. It is 81 times less than the mass of the earth, which corresponds to 7.35 * 1025 g. The average density of the Moon is 3.34 g cm3 (0.61 the average density of the Earth). The acceleration of gravity on the surface of the Moon is 6 times greater than on Earth, is 162.3 cm sec2 and decreases by 0.187 cm sec2 when increasing by 1 kilometer. The first escape velocity is 1680 m. sec, the second is 2375 m. sec. Due to the low gravity, the Moon was unable to maintain a gas shell around itself, as well as water in a free state.
1.4 Moon phases
The change in the phase of the Moon is caused by changes in the conditions of illumination by the Sun of the dark globe of the Moon as it moves along its orbit. With a change in the relative position of the Earth, the Moon and the Sun, the terminator (the boundary between the illuminated and unlit parts of the Moon's disk) moves, which causes a change in the outlines of the visible part of the Moon.
The duration of the complete change of phases of the Moon (the so-called synodic month) is variable due to the ellipticity of the lunar orbit, and varies from 29.25 to 29.83 Earth solar days. The average synodic month is 29.5305882 days (29 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.82 seconds).
In phases of the Moon close to the new moon (at the beginning of the first quarter and at the end of the last quarter), with a very narrow crescent, the unlit part forms the so-called. ashen light of the Moon - the visible glow of a surface not illuminated by direct sunlight of a characteristic ashen color.
The moon goes through the following phases of illumination:
.new moon - a state when the moon is not visible.
.new moon - the first appearance of the Moon in the sky after the new moon in the form of a narrow crescent.
.first quarter - the state when half of the Moon is illuminated.
.waxing moon
.full moon - a state when the entire moon is illuminated.
Waning moon
.last quarter - the state when half of the moon is illuminated again.
old moon
1.5 Internal structure of the Moon
Figure 2 - internal structure of the moon
The Moon, like the Earth, consists of distinct layers: crust, mantle and core. This structure is believed to have formed immediately after the formation of the Moon - 4.5 billion years ago. The thickness of the lunar crust is believed to be 50 km. Moonquakes occur within the thickness of the lunar mantle, but unlike earthquakes, which are caused by the movement of tectonic plates, moonquakes are caused by the tidal forces of the Earth. The Moon's core, like the Earth's core, consists of iron, but its size is much smaller and is 350 km in radius. The average density of the Moon is 3.3 g/cm3.
STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
To achieve this goal, it is necessary to solve the following tasks:
study the Moon and its influence on the Earth;
compare the forces and processes that affect the Earth under the influence of the Moon and other planets;
analyze earthquakes associated with the Moon and planet Earth;
In the future, work will continue on the topic “The influence of the Moon as a natural satellite on planet Earth” with a study of the current phenomena of the Moon. An analysis of the received data will be carried out, based on the results we will receive in the process of calculating and studying the interaction of the satellite with the planet.
2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1 Ebbs and flows
The influence of the Moon on the earthly world exists, but it is not pronounced. You can hardly see him. The only phenomenon that visibly demonstrates the effect of the Moon's gravity is the Moon's influence on the ebb and flow of the tides. Our ancient ancestors associated them with the Moon. And they were absolutely right. The tides are so strong in some places that the water recedes hundreds of meters from the shore, exposing the bottom where the people living on the coast collected seafood. But with inexorable precision, the water that has retreated from the shore rolls in again. If you don’t know how often the tides occur, you can find yourself far from the shore and even die under the advancing water mass. The coastal peoples knew perfectly well the schedule of the arrival and departure of waters. This phenomenon occurs twice a day. Moreover, ebbs and flows exist not only in the seas and oceans. All water sources are influenced by the Moon. But far from the seas it is almost imperceptible: sometimes the water rises a little, sometimes it drops a little. Liquid is the only natural element that moves behind the Moon, oscillating. A stone or a house cannot be attracted to the moon because it has a solid structure. Pliable and plastic water clearly demonstrates the influence of lunar mass.
The Moon most strongly influences the waters of the seas and oceans on the side of the Earth that is currently facing directly towards it. If you look at the Earth at this moment, you can see how the Moon pulls the waters of the world's oceans towards itself, lifts them, and the thickness of the water swells, forming a “hump”, or rather, two “humps” appear - the high one on the side where the Moon is located , and less pronounced on the opposite side. The “humps” precisely follow the movement of the Moon around the Earth. Since the world ocean is a single whole and the waters in it communicate, the humps move from shore to shore. Since the Moon passes twice through points located at a distance of 180 degrees from each other, we observe two high tides and two low tides.
The highest tides occur on the ocean shores. In our country - on the shores of the Arctic and Pacific oceans. Less significant ebbs and flows are typical for inland seas. This phenomenon is observed even weaker in lakes or rivers. But even on the shores of the oceans, the tides are stronger at one time of the year and weaker at others. This is already due to the distance of the Moon from the Earth. The closer the Moon is to the surface of our planet, the stronger the tides will be. The further you go, the weaker it naturally becomes. Water masses are influenced not only by the Moon, but also by the Sun. Only the distance from the Earth to the Sun is much greater, so we do not notice its gravitational activity. But it has long been known that sometimes the ebb and flow of the tides become very strong. This happens whenever there is a new moon or full moon. This is where the power of the Sun comes into play. At this moment, all three planets - the Moon, Earth and Sun - line up in a straight line. There are already two gravitational forces acting on the Earth - both the Moon and the Sun. Naturally, the height of the rise and fall of the waters increases. The combined influence of the Moon and the Sun will be strongest when both planets are on the same side of the Earth, that is, when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun. And the water will rise more strongly from the side of the Earth facing the Moon.
In relation to planet Earth, the cause of tides is the presence of the planet in the gravitational field created by the Sun and Moon. Since the effects they create are independent, the impact of these celestial bodies on Earth can be considered separately. In this case, for each pair of bodies we can assume that each of them revolves around a common center of gravity. For the Earth-Sun pair, this center is located deep in the Sun at a distance of 451 km from its center. For the Earth-Moon pair, it is located deep in the Earth at a distance of 2/3 of its radius.
Each of these bodies experiences tidal forces, the source of which is the force of gravity and internal forces that ensure the integrity of the celestial body, in the role of which is the force of its own attraction, hereinafter called self-gravity. The emergence of tidal forces can be most clearly seen in the Earth-Sun system.
The tidal force is the result of the competing interaction of the gravitational force, directed towards the center of gravity and decreasing in inverse proportion to the square of the distance from it, and the fictitious centrifugal force of inertia caused by the rotation of the celestial body around this center. These forces, being opposite in direction, coincide in magnitude only at the center of mass of each of the celestial bodies. Thanks to the action of internal forces, the Earth rotates around the center of the Sun as a whole with a constant angular velocity for each element of its constituent mass. Therefore, as this element of mass moves away from the center of gravity, the centrifugal force acting on it increases in proportion to the square of the distance. A more detailed distribution of tidal forces in their projection onto a plane perpendicular to the ecliptic plane is shown in (Fig. 3).
Figure 3 - diagram of the distribution of tidal forces in projection onto a plane perpendicular to the Ecliptic. The gravitating body is either to the right or to the left.
The reproduction of changes in the shape of bodies exposed to them, achieved as a result of the action of tidal forces, can, in accordance with the Newtonian paradigm, be achieved only if these forces are completely compensated by other forces, which may include the force of universal gravity.
Figure 4 - deformation of the Earth's water shell as a consequence of the balance of tidal force, self-gravitational force and the force of reaction of water to compression force
As a result of the addition of these forces, tidal forces arise symmetrically on both sides of the globe, directed in different directions from it. The tidal force directed towards the Sun is of gravitational nature, while the force directed away from the Sun is a consequence of the fictitious force of inertia.
These forces are extremely weak and cannot be compared with the forces of self-gravity (the acceleration they create is 10 million times less than the acceleration of gravity). However, they cause a shift in the water particles of the World Ocean (the resistance to shear in water at low speeds is practically zero, while to compression it is extremely high), until the tangent to the surface of the water becomes perpendicular to the resulting force.
As a result, a wave appears on the surface of the world's oceans, occupying a constant position in systems of mutually gravitating bodies, but running along the surface of the ocean together with the daily movement of its bottom and shores. Thus (ignoring ocean currents), each particle of water undergoes an oscillatory movement up and down twice during the day.
Horizontal movement of water is observed only near the coast as a consequence of a rise in its level. The more shallow the seabed is, the greater the speed of movement.
Tidal phenomena occur not only in the water, but also in the air shell of the Earth. They are called atmospheric tides. Tides also occur in the solid body of the Earth, since the Earth is not absolutely solid. Vertical fluctuations of the Earth's surface due to tides reach several tens of centimeters.
2 Earthquakes and the Moon
moon phase tide
The moon can not only cause tides on Earth, but is also the cause of earthquakes. The approach of the Earth's satellite raises the surface of our planet by 30 cm every day. Large earthquakes are not so dependent on the influence of the Moon, since they occur on rock shifts at great depths under enormous stress. In any case, the lunar effect is much weaker than it appears. Tectonic plates accumulate stress over centuries. If earthquakes were directly dependent on lunar tides , then they would occur every day, when the satellite’s gravity would reach its maximum.
The earthquake is explained by the presence of gravitational connections between the Earth and the Moon, the tides of their solid crust, and the mutual rotation of bodies. If we take into account that the vibrations of the solid crust occur elastically, at certain moments of time, due to the presence of defects in the solid crust, in faults, “bounce” peaks arise, similar to the “bounce” of a metal rod. If we have a metal rod without defects and excite mechanical vibrations in it, at each point we will observe the vibrations that we excited. If there are defects in this rod, the cracking “blinking” that occurs in the crack will be superimposed on sinusoidal oscillations. At the moment when the wave carrying “batter” from all sides comes to the corresponding crack, energy will be released at the location of the crack.
There is a similar picture of the development of earthquakes in the earth's crust. Undamped oscillations of the earth's crust are created by the rotation of the earth and the gravitational forces of the moon and sun and pass elastically along the surface of the earth. Rattling occurs in places of “living cracks”, where the vibrations of the tidal wave in the Earth are not transmitted smoothly, elastically, but displacements occur. The direction of the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon determines the direction of the chatter wave communication line from the Earth to the Moon (to the Sun). During the existence and development of gravitational connection, two main forces act on the rocks of the Earth. This is the gravitational force of the Earth and the gravitational force of the Moon. When the Moon leaves and the connection is broken, only the gravity of the Earth remains. The entire difference in the gravitational energies of the Earth and the Moon is directed to the location of the future epicenter of the earthquake. At the moment of “breaking” of this connection during the rotation of the planets, a wave appears directed to the place where the chatter originates. This wave, called the "KaY" wave, is characterized by the fact that it arises due to the occurrence of gravitational resonance coupling of "rattling zones" on the Moon and Earth. When the Moon moves, this line of communication shifts, with the balance of the gravitational forces of the planets. When communication with the Moon is lost, the line breaks and reverse “KaY” waves (“Kay” - Kozyrev and Yagodin) appear on the Earth and on the Moon, carrying energy towards future earthquake epicenters. Since this wave goes to one point from the area, its energy increases and by the time it arrives at the point it has enormous energy, causing an earthquake in that place. Very often you can observe how “blinking” occurs on a wave and is detected by the sensor in the form of a “group of peaks”. They correspond not to one earthquake, but to a whole group of earthquakes over a large area at different times. In this case, each peak corresponds to a shock in these earthquakes, and the quotient of the distance from the sensor to the epicenters of these earthquakes divided by the time elapsed from the appearance of the peak on the sensor to the beginning of the corresponding earthquakes is a constant.
3. RESEARCH RESULTS
The purpose of this work was to calculate the gradient of the force of the Moon with which it acts on planet Earth (comparable to the Sun):
The force of gravitational attraction is proportional to the mass M of the attracting body and inversely proportional to the square of the distance R to it. Accordingly, on the surface of the Earth, the force of attraction towards the Earth itself (MEarth = 6·1027 g. REarth = 6378 km) is 1 g, towards the Sun (MSun = 2·1033 g. RSun = 150·106 km) - 0.00058g, and to the Moon (Moon = 7·1025 g; Moon = 384·103 km) - only 0.0000031g, i.e. 190 times weaker than to the Sun. It is also obvious that in a uniform force field there will be no tides.
However, the gravitational field is not uniform, but has a center in the attracting mass M. Accordingly, for any body with finite dimensions there will be a difference in gravitational forces at opposite edges, which is called tidal force. The tidal force will be proportional to the first derivative of the gravitational force. The force of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, and the derivative of 1/r2 is equal to -2/r3, that is, inversely proportional to the cube of the distances.
Therefore, the Moon, which is much closer to the Earth, despite its small mass, creates a tidal force almost 2 times greater than the Sun.
It is also necessary to explain why there are no earthquakes at the poles.
Earthquakes occur at the junction of lithospheric plates. Plate boundaries correspond to ocean shelves on geographic maps. There are no tectonic plates at the north pole, but there is one at the south pole, but it is not moving anywhere. We found out that the Moon does not create earthquakes itself, directly, therefore, there are no earthquakes at the poles. Of course, tidal forces do not act at the poles.
Figure 5 - location of lithospheric plates
The Earth and Moon revolve around a common center of gravity (barycenter) of the system Earth - Moon with a sidereal (relative to stars) period of 27.3 days (days). The Earth describes an orbit that is a mirror image of the Moon's orbit, but its dimensions are 81 times smaller than the lunar orbit. The barycenter is always located inside the Earth, at a distance of approximately 4670 km from its center. The body of the Earth rotates without rotation (translationally) around a “fixed” (in the Earth-Moon system) barycenter. As a result of such a monthly revolution of the Earth, all terrestrial particles are subject to exactly the same centrifugal force as at the Earth’s center of mass. The sum of the vectors of the centrifugal force and the gravitational force of the Moon is called the tidal force of the Moon. The tidal force of the Sun is determined similarly. The magnitude of the tidal force is a function of the declination and geocentric distance of the Moon (or Sun). The amplitude of the monthly oscillations of the Moon's declination varies with a period of 18.61 years from 29° to 18°, due to the axis precession (regression of the nodes) of the lunar orbit. The perigee of the lunar orbit moves with a period of 8.85 years. The declination and geocentric distance of the Sun change with a period of 1 year. The earth rotates around its own axis with a daily period. As a result, the amplitude of oscillations of lunar-solar tidal forces changes over time with periods: 18.61 years, 8.85 years, 6.0 years, 1 year, 0.5 years, monthly, semi-monthly, weekly, daily , semi-diurnal and many other less significant periods.
Statistics of the most dangerous earthquakes and tsunamis from 1960 to 2011
The Great Chile Earthquake, probably the largest earthquake on record, with a magnitude of 9.3 to 9.5, occurred on May 22, 1960 at 19:11 UTC.
The location of the epicenter is 39°30? Yu. w. 74°30? h. d.
Moon: phase 6% before new moon, distance 396679 km; astronomical new moon May 25, 1960 12:27, the distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Moon is 403567 km, but before that the full moon May 11, 1960 05:41 UTC, 362311 km, supermoon.
Earthquake strength (moment) -9.2.
Earthquake strength (based on surface waves) - 8.4
Latitude 61° 2" 24" N Longitude 147° 43" 48" W
Moon: phase 0% - full moon, distance 393010 km.
Tashkent earthquake on April 26, 1966 at 5 hours 23 minutes. - catastrophic earthquake (magnitude 5.2).
Latitude. 41° 12" 0" N Longitude. 69° 6" 0" E
Moon: phase 27%, distance 371345 km;
The Tangshan earthquake on July 28, 1976 at 3:42 local time (July 27, 1976 19:48 UTC) was a catastrophic earthquake with a magnitude of 8.2.
Latitude 39° 39" 50" N Longitude 118° 24" 4" E.
Moon: phase 1% - new moon, distance 376365 km.
Spitak earthquake December 7, 1988 at 10:41 MCK (7:41 UTC) catastrophic earthquake of magnitude 7.2.
Latitude. 40° 59" 13" N Longitude. 44° 11" 6" E
Moon: phase 4% BC (2 days), distance 394161 km;
Earthquake in Kobe. The earthquake occurred on the morning of Tuesday, January 17, 1995 at 05:46 local time (January 16, 1995 20:46 UTC). The force of the tremors reached 7.3 magnitudes on the Richter scale.
84° north latitude and 143.08° east longitude.
Moon: phase 100% - full moon, distance 395878 km, previous new moon January 1, 1995 10:55 UTC, distance to the Moon 362357 km. Supermoon.
The Neftegorsk earthquake - an earthquake with tragic consequences with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale, occurred on the night of May 28, 1995 at 1:03 (May 27, 1995 13:03 UTC).
The epicenter is 55° north latitude and 142° east longitude.
Moon: phase 3% before the new moon, distance 402328 (new moon - May 29, 1995 09:28), but before that: full moon May 14, 1995 20:47 UTC, distance 358563 km. Supermoon.
The Izmit earthquake was a catastrophic earthquake (magnitude 7.6) that occurred on August 17, 1999 in Turkey at 3:01 local time (UTC 00:01:39).
Latitude 40° 44" 53" N Longitude 29° 51" 50" E
Moon: phase 30% after the new moon (5 days), distance 400765 km;
The Sichuan earthquake was a devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.9 that occurred on May 12, 2008 at 14:28:01 local time (06:28:01 UTC) in China.
Latitude 31° 0" 7" N Longitude 103° 19" 19" E.
Moon: phase 51%, 7 days after the new moon, distance 379372 km: new moon May 5, 2008 10:55 UTC, distance to the Moon 358184 km. Supermoon.
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami December 26, 2004 at 00:58 UTC - the second most powerful earthquake in recorded history (magnitude 9.2) and the deadliest of all known tsunamis.
°30" north latitude and 95°87" east longitude.
Moon: phase 100%, full moon 404408 km, but before that new moon December 12 01:28, 364922 km. Supermoon.
Tsunami April 2, 2007, Solomon Islands (archipelago). Caused by a magnitude 8 earthquake that occurred in the South Pacific at 07:39. Waves several meters high reached New Guinea.
Moon: phase 0%, full moon, distance 404000 km, previous new moon March 19, 2007 at 02:44, 364311 km. Supermoon.
Japan Honshu 9.0 earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11, 2011 at 14:46 local time (05:46 UTC). Latitude 38.30N and longitude 142.50E. The source of the earthquake was located at a depth of 32 km.
Moon: phase 32% after the new moon (5 days), distance 393837. Astronomical new moon March 4, 2011 20:47, distance 404793 km; but the next full moon is March 19, 2011 20:46. Supermoon.
The above are catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis over the past 50 years. Statistics show that all of them happened during a full moon or new moon (with the exception of Tashkent and Izmit, which indirectly indicates their man-made nature). In addition, almost 80% of them are somehow related to the supermoon. Based on this analysis, we can conclude that during periods of supermoons, the risk of disasters from natural disasters actually increases.
Figure 6 - diagram of the distribution of earthquakes depending on the phases of the Moon and its position in orbit
When constructing the diagram, we completely ignored all the inequalities of the Moon's movement. The average values of the synodic (29.5 days) and anomalistic months (27.5 days) were taken. The average positions of syzygies and quadratures are plotted on the diagram, and the apogee (A) is shown as the average moment between adjacent perigees (P). For each earthquake, its distance in time to the nearest phase of the Moon, marked on the diagram, and to the moment the Moon passed through perigee or apogee was determined. The uncertainty of construction arising from the simplifications made hardly reaches one day. On the constructed diagram, each earthquake is marked with a dot. Earthquakes that fall on the diagram frame are marked adjacent to it, inside the diagram, and repeated on each of the opposite sides of the frame.
The constructed diagram clearly shows that near perigee earthquakes most often occur in syzygies, i.e. during the full moon and new moon, and at that time they almost never happen around quadratures. The second well-defined feature of the diagram is the grouping of earthquakes along directions running at an angle of 45 degrees. from syzygy to perigee. These directions represent the sequence of days of those lunations for which the new moon or full moon coincided with perigee. Consequently, not only the days of maximum tides in the earth's crust are favorable for earthquakes, but also the days immediately following them. Thus, maximum tides disrupt the condition of the outer layers of the Earth to such an extent that conditions favorable to earthquakes persist for a period of about a month.
CONCLUSION
In the course of this work, the natural satellite of the planet Earth, the Moon, was studied.
The influences the Moon has on the Earth were studied.
Based on these observations, we can conclude that the Moon really has an impact on planet Earth, both favorable and not. If we consider the influence of the phases of the Moon on a person, there is an assumption that it can also improve or worsen his well-being and thereby influence his activities. The study of the satellite and its effects is not yet fully understood. However, man has already learned to use such a property as gravitational force. A tidal power plant is a special type of hydroelectric power station that uses the energy of tides, and in fact the kinetic energy of the Earth's rotation. Tidal power plants are built on the shores of seas, where the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun change the water level twice a day. Fluctuations in water levels near the shore can reach 18 meters. Tidal hydroelectric power plants are considered the most environmentally friendly. Therefore, the study of this topic has a huge role. That is why I consider the chosen topic quite relevant.
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Does the Moon really affect our body? How and why does this happen?
The influence of the Moon is undeniable. Of course, our native planet Earth has the greatest influence on humans, but the influence of other planets cannot be excluded.
Nowadays, no one doubts that solar processes affect the human body. At the same time, the influence of the Moon is unfairly called into question. But the Moon, although much smaller than the Sun, is much closer to the Earth. The mass/distance ratio indicates a slightly greater influence of the Moon on objects on Earth.
Scientists have long noticed that the tides are controlled by the Moon. Lunar gravity causes the ocean level to rise by 1.5 meters, and in narrow bays this value reaches 12-16 meters. Even the hard shell of the Earth reacts to the movement of the Moon - it rises by 50 centimeters (this rise occurs quite evenly, so we do not notice it). Therefore, it is not surprising that the human body, consisting of 80% liquid, is subject to lunar influence.
In addition, the Moon also affects the Earth’s magnetic field, and we have all heard about the danger of magnetic storms.
How do we feel when the Moon is waxing and when it is waning?
On the waxing Moon, a person feels a surge of strength, optimism, readiness to cope with any task and confidence in your abilities. On the decline - on the contrary, loss of strength, weakness, desire to give up everything. At this time, the greatest number of requests from people in a depressed state is observed.
In this regard, any projects should be started on the waxing Moon, and completed on the waning Moon. This, of course, does not mean that you need to complete your project within the same lunar month. It is simply advisable to take this point into account and break your projects into stages, which should be adjusted to the lunar calendar.
In accordance with this, on the waxing Moon it is worth starting health courses related to strengthening the body, moisturizing the skin - in general, any procedures related to absorbing new things. Whereas on the waning Moon you need to get rid of everything that is no longer needed: various cleansings are carried out (skin, digestive system, etc.). It is important to remember that this does not apply to hair cutting - in this case, we are not so much getting rid of unnecessary hair ends as creating a new hairstyle - and this is a creative process! And it needs to start on the waxing Moon.
Waxing Crescent:
Phase 1 (1-7 lunar days). The beginning of the phase is the New Moon. The Moon and Sun are on the same side of the Earth and their gravitational forces add up. Maximum high and low tides. It is best for the body to start health procedures. This is the time when male power reaches its maximum.
Phase 2 (8-15 lunar days). Beginning of the phase - First quarter. The body is full of strength and active. It is best to prescribe active training during this phase; maximum physical activity is possible.
Waning moon:
Phase 3 (16-22 lunar days). The beginning of the phase is Full Moon. The Moon opposes the Sun, and their gravitational forces are counteracted. Minimal ebbs and flows, least storms and floods. Feminine power is active, men are weakened. Energy saturation, bright emotions, the unconscious is activated. This time is good for creativity. At this time, surgical interventions and injuries are dangerous for the body, since the organs are full of blood and blood clotting is poor. In addition, microorganisms are also active - the risk of infection is increased. Fertility and mortality rates have also increased. The first is due to the influence of the moon on amniotic fluid, and the second is due to the effect on the blood (more heart attacks occur and malignant tumors become more active). In addition, there are spikes in suicides during the full moon.
Phase 4 (23-29, 30 lunar days). Beginning of the phase - Last quarter.
At this time, you need to complete all projects and prepare new ones. The body is weakened and active loads are contraindicated.
Research shows that the new moon is the calmest time and the full moon the most restless. This is well illustrated in children's groups, when researchers analyzed the performance of students in grades 5, 7 and 9. In each of the study groups, there was a sharp drop in performance during the full moon and an increase in performance during the new moon.
The same can be seen in the analysis of statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs: at the beginning of the lunar cycle, there are few violations and they are not the most serious (thefts, fraud, etc.), while during the full moon the number of crimes increases sharply and they become more serious.
We also conducted our own small study: we analyzed data on people who sought help from a psychologist. It turned out that if we compare the dates of their requests, we can find the following distribution:
If we combine this data by lunar phases, it becomes even more clear:
It turns out that 75% of people who turned to a psychologist did so on the waning moon, after the full moon. Moreover, the peak of requests occurs during the full moon itself and the week after it. Thus, the description of the lunar phases given above is confirmed.
Is the full moon dangerous?
There is no particular danger. Each person is influenced not only by the Moon, but by quite a large number of factors. The full moon rather creates a certain background favorable for all kinds of deviations in behavior, but does not determine them completely. That is, for example, for people who are easily excitable, whose nervous system is highly susceptible to external influences, the full moon is really not the easiest time. Such people become more irritable, suffer from insomnia, and become more prone to impulsive actions. Children are especially susceptible to the influence of the full moon, so the main recommendations will be for them.
Play noisy games before bed
Watch action and horror movies
Go far from home
Attend noisy events or competitions that cause strong excitement
Walk more before bed, ventilate the room
Do I need to adapt to the lunar phases? How?
There is no need to adapt, but it is advisable to take it into account. As I already mentioned, each person is influenced by many factors and therefore it is impossible to adapt to all of them at the same time. But at the same time, it is still worth familiarizing yourself with the influence of lunar phases on the body. This knowledge can be useful if used to provide general direction.
Seas and oceans move away from the shore twice a day (low tide) and approach it twice a day (high tide). On some bodies of water there are practically no tides, while on others the difference between low and high tide along the coastline can be up to 16 meters. Most tides are semidiurnal (twice a day), but in some places they are diurnal, that is, the water level changes only once a day (one low tide and one high tide).
The ebb and flow of the tides is most noticeable in the coastal stripes, but in fact they pass throughout the entire thickness of the oceans and other bodies of water. In straits and other narrow places, low tides can reach very high speeds - up to 15 km/h. Basically, the phenomenon of ebb and flow is influenced by the Moon, but to some extent the Sun is also involved in this. The Moon is much closer to the Earth than the Sun, so its influence on the planets is stronger even though the natural satellite is much smaller, and both celestial bodies revolve around the star.
Moon's influence on tides
If continents and islands did not interfere with the influence of the Moon on water, and the entire surface of the Earth was covered by an ocean of equal depth, then the tides would look like this. Due to the force of gravity, the section of the ocean closest to the Moon would rise towards the natural satellite; due to centrifugal force, the opposite part of the reservoir would also rise, this would be a tide. The drop in water level would occur in a line that is perpendicular to the strip of influence of the Moon, in that part there would be an ebb.
The sun can also have some influence on the world's oceans. During the new moon and full moon, when the Moon and the Sun are located in a straight line with the Earth, the attractive force of both luminaries is added, thereby causing the strongest ebbs and flows. If these celestial bodies are perpendicular to each other in relation to the Earth, then the two forces of gravity will counteract each other, and the tides will be weakest, but still in favor of the Moon.
The presence of different islands brings great variety to the movement of water during ebb and flow. On some reservoirs, the channel and natural obstacles in the form of land (islands) play an important role, so the water flows in and out unevenly. The waters change their position not only in accordance with the gravity of the Moon, but also depending on the terrain. In this case, when the water level changes, it will flow along the path of least resistance, but in accordance with the influence of the night star.
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