Gravity And The Moon

[nailit]

If Earths gravity pulls thing in, within its orbit, then why is the moon actually moving away from Earth rather than been pulled closer?
Thanks.

[Tilly2]

Did she used to forget whether she'd boiled them then, Khandro?

[bhg481]

Since Khandro doesn't seem to be around Tilly - if you take an egg, put it on a flat surface and spin it, it will manage about one rotation. If you take a hard-boiled egg and spin it in the same way it will spin for ages. An easy way to tell if an egg is hard-boiled or not before you throw it at someone.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, bhg. I see the physics in that now. I've never tried it though because, usually, if I hard boil an egg, I eat it......with lots of lovely buttered toast.

[bhg481]

Ah, we tend to boil half-a-dozen at a time when we're camping and take one a day out to eat at lunchtime. I ALWAYS spin them before I crack them to shell them.

[Tilly2]

I'll try that next time. I don't go camping......I did, but I don't now.

[New Judge]

What a strange lot we are!

The original question was a matter of quite complex physics. Now we're on to hard boiled eggs and camping :-)