http://xxx.uni-augsburg.de/abs/astro-ph/0112399
Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0112399
From: Chris R. Benn <crb@ing.iac.es>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:55:24 GMT (31kb)
The moon and the origin of life
Authors: C.R. Benn
Comments: 7 pages, accepted for publication in Earth, Moon and Planets
Journal-ref: Earth, Moon and Planets 85/86, 61 (2001)
Earth is unusual in bearing life, and in having a large moon. A
number of authors have suggested a possible connection between the
two, e.g. through lunar stabilisation of the earth's obliquity, or
through the effects of the oceanic tides. The various suggestions
are reviewed.
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