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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1922332" data-attributes="member: 2205">Well, I'll be.  That's actually relatively accurate; the transfer of rotational energy from the earth gradually slowing down does elevate the Moon to a higher orbit.  I had forgotten that until I looked it up after seeing your post.Although that's an interesting campaign idea right there -- a really ancient world, with very, very long days and nights, and a moon that stays in exactly the same place in the sky at all times.  A world with such prolonged days/nights (a single cycle taking about month) would have a hard time getting conventional vegetation to grow well, and would likely have temperature extremes due to the prolonged heating or cooling of the sun.</blockquote>