Charlie Stross on Nostr: An un-noted cause of death up to about t minus 2GYa is "smashed to death on the rocks ...
An un-noted cause of death up to about t minus 2GYa is "smashed to death on the rocks by the incoming tide"—when the Moon formed it orbited about 30,000km up with a period of a few hours and the Earth's day was under 6 hours, leading to hundred metre high tides sweeping round the planet every few hours. (Tidal drag gradually lengthened the day and widened the Moon's orbit to their current duration/radius.)
https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/113017124213616899Published at
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