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Nautiloid growth rhythms and dynamical evolution of the Earth–Moon system

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Daily growth lines and lunar monthly septa are formed in Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus shells. The number of days per lunar month determined using fossil shells has increased dramatically during the last 420 Myr, indicating that during this period the Moon revolved more rapidly and was much closer to the Earth than has previously been expected.

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  3. Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523

    Stephen M. Pompea

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Kahn, P., Pompea, S. Nautiloid growth rhythms and dynamical evolution of the Earth–Moon system. Nature 275, 606–611 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275606a0

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