• gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org
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    13 hours ago

    see my other reply in this thread

    basically it doesn’t move the moon closer, but it makes the Earth rotate slower. that’s where the energy comes from.

    basically the tides transfer angular momentum from the Earth to the moon.