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If you would detonate the moon, break it up into small pieces and smear them out over its orbit, tidal friction would cease. Tidal friction is a major component of the earth's rotation's slowdown.

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> If you would detonate the moon, break it up into small pieces […]

Close to the plot of a recent Stephenson sci-fi novel:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves

I hated the fact that you had to get 9/10 through the book to find out how it derived its name. The number 7 appears right at the start, but it's a misdirection.

I got about halfway through before I started skimming. Interminable.

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