01 January 1970 11 1K Report

A small question from a small person: if the Earth's magma partially stays hot, because it's continually massaged by gravitational pull from the planets (particularly the moon and sun) as they pass over the crust, and if magma hotspots drive continental drift, and if polar fluxes (Earth's wobble in its spin) are a result of temporary weight imbalance on parts of the surface, then are these forces strong enough to drive Earth's spin and magmatic heat, (along with gravitational pressure and isotopic decay) indefinitely? Or to put it simply, does the rate of Earth's slowing of spin, match the rate of our solar system's expansion? :D just an alternative to counting sheep if anyone is sleepless :)

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