20 light years away, the most Earthlike planet yet

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by RobH4413

Actually, the moon is getting farther and farther away from the earth. It's also interesting to know that as the moon drifts away, the earth's days are getting longer because of it. It has to do with circular motion, but it's kind of cool that we can actually calculate almost exactly the effect the moon has on our days. I'm a huge nerd, sorry.

But in 100 years it will only be 2 milliseconds longer.
You are right about it getting farther and farther away...I knew that too, I don't know why I said closer and closer. My bad. I saw a documentary on this not too long ago about the effects of the moon.