The moon is leaving Earth with the fastest speed

The Earth is pushing the Moon away from you at the fastest speed in more than 50 million years.

This is the result published by American researcher Matthew Huber, Purdue University, USA. He said his model of the influence of the tide on the orbit of the Moon helped to find the true age of this object, which is still controversial among scientists.

Gravity of the Moon creates a daily up and down phenomenon of tides on Earth. It is this phenomenon that has lost the energy of both planets. It causes the Earth to rotate more slowly around its axis and make Moon's trajectory expand at a rate of about 3.8cm / year. If this speed does not change, our Moon has 'life expectancy' of 1.5 billion years, but some Moon rocks are 4.5 billion years.

The moon is moving away from Earth with the fastest speed in 50 million years.

Huber and his team collected data on the depths of the ocean and continent that existed 50 million years ago to create an ancient tidal model. This model shows that energy resources have been consumed previously only half of the current level.

This means that the Earth also 'pushed' the Moon away from her, but at a slower pace.