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月球的作用。从古至今，月亮一直令人神往和赞叹，是诗人和音乐家的灵感泉源。例如，古代一位希伯来诗人曾描写月亮，说：“月亮万世常在，作为天上信实的见证。”（诗篇89:37）月球对地球上的生命有很大影响。一个例子是，月球的引力会造成潮涨潮退。人们认为潮汐引起海流，而海流又大大影响气候。月球质量大，令地轴的倾斜度得以维持不变。月球也有另一个主要功用：它的引力使地球的轴心跟地球绕太阳运行的轨道平面保持一定的倾斜度。专门探讨科学的《自然界》周刊（英语）说，如果月亮消失了，地轴的倾斜度就会在一段长时间之内逐渐改变，“跟原来的倾斜度相差0［度］至85［度］”。假如地球的轴心不倾斜，试想想会有什么后果！我们会失去四季更替所带来的乐趣，也会有雨水不足的难题。由于地球的轴心倾斜，地球的气温才不致过高或过低，我们才能够生存下去。天文学家雅克•拉斯卡说：“我们享有稳定的气候，有赖于一件异乎寻常的事：月球的存在。”月球是地球的卫星，由于体积够大，能让地球的运转长期保持稳定。跟其他卫星和其巨行星的体积比例相比，月球和地球的体积比例要大得多呢。地球的卫星月球还有另一个功用，正如圣经创世记的执笔者所说，月球是夜间的光源。（创世记1:16）

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The Role of the Moon. From ancient times, our moon has filled mankind with wonder. It has inspired poets and musicians. For instance, an ancient Hebrew poet describes the moon as being "firmly established for time indefinite, and as a faithful witness in the skies."—Psalm 89:37. One important way in which the moon affects life on earth is that its gravitational pull causes the ebb and flow of the tides. Tidal movements are thought to be fundamental to ocean currents, which, in turn, are vital for our weather patterns. Another key purpose that our moon serves is that its gravitational force stabilizes earth’s axis with respect to earth’s plane of orbit around the sun. According to the scientific journal Nature, without the moon, the inclination of earth’s axis would wobble over long periods of time from "nearly 0 [degrees] to 85 [degrees]." Imagine if earth’s axis had no tilt! We would miss the delightful change of seasons and suffer from a shortage of rain. The earth’s tilt also prevents temperatures from becoming too extreme for us to survive. "We owe our present climate stability to an exceptional event: the presence of the Moon," concludes astronomer Jacques Laskar. To fulfill its stabilizing role, our moon is large—relatively larger than the moons of the giant planets. Yet another function of the earth’s natural satellite, as noted by the writer of the ancient Bible book of Genesis, is that the moon serves as a light by night.—Genesis 1:16.

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月球的作用从古至今亮一直令人神往和赞叹是诗音乐家灵感泉源例如代位希伯来曾描写说万世常在为天上信实见证篇对地生命有很大影响个子引力会造成潮涨退们认汐起海流而又气候质量轴倾斜度得以维持不变也另主要功它使心跟绕太阳运行轨道平面保定专门探讨科学自然界周刊英语果消失了就段长时间之内逐渐改原相差假试想什么后我去四季更替所带趣雨水足难题由于温才致过高或低能够存下文雅克拉斯卡享稳赖件异乎寻事卫星体积让转期其他巨比多呢还正圣经创记执笔者夜光

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