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Under the action of tidal friction the Earth’s rate of rotation decreases and the Moon’s orbit expands. As the Moon’s orbit expands its orbital velocity decreases, but the orbital angular momentum (the product of the orbital radius and angular velocity) increases, such that the rotational angular momentum lost by the Earth is gained by the Moon’s orbit.
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Morrison, L.V. (1978). Tidal Deceleration of the Earth’s Rotation Deduced from Astronomical Observations in the Period A D. 1600 to the Present. In: Brosche, P., Sündermann, J. (eds) Tidal Friction and the Earth’s Rotation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67097-8_3
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