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:: There is less discussion of this in universities than there should be, because quickly it leads to the conclusion of a young earth-moon model. Tides are not the only problem with extrapolating backwards. The moon's orbit itself is unstable, and it wouldn't take much extrapolation backwards before it becomes impossible to fast-forward to what the moon is doing now. For example, extrapolate back far enough and the moon would be drifting towards the earth, not away as currently observed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:54, 22 July 2010 (EDT)
:: There is less discussion of this in universities than there should be, because quickly it leads to the conclusion of a young earth-moon model. Tides are not the only problem with extrapolating backwards. The moon's orbit itself is unstable, and it wouldn't take much extrapolation backwards before it becomes impossible to fast-forward to what the moon is doing now. For example, extrapolate back far enough and the moon would be drifting towards the earth, not away as currently observed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:54, 22 July 2010 (EDT)
==Number of moons of different planets in the Solar System==
This article could benefit from a table presenting how many moons different planets in the Solar System have. I am aware that some planets have no moons. [[User:Carltonio|Carltonio]] ([[User talk:Carltonio|talk]]) 15:41, 8 April 2019 (EDT)