Determining the Earth-Moon system 2.46 billion years ago through Milankovitch cycles.
The Earth-Moon system hasn’t always been as it is today, with an average Earth-Moon distance of 384,300 km and a daylength of 24 hours. The further we go back in time the closer the distance and the shorter the day, but the evolution of the Earth-Moon system over time is still very uncertain. The dynamics … Continued