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  • Chinese bombed the moon. But with...what?

    From Rich@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 25 16:38:43 2023
    https://phys.org/news/2023-11-tracking-errant-space-rocket-mysterious.html

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Rich on Sun Nov 26 15:27:14 2023
    On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:38:46 PM UTC-8, Rich wrote:
    https://phys.org/news/2023-11-tracking-errant-space-rocket-mysterious.html

    One way to destroy earth is too blow up the Moon.
    No Moon, our planet would go out of wack.
    Very unstable, it can even change orbit, I think.
    Go further out from the Sun?
    Did anyone make any simulation about Earth without the Moon?

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 26 21:45:49 2023
    On Sun, 26 Nov 2023 15:27:14 -0800 (PST), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:38:46?PM UTC-8, Rich wrote:
    https://phys.org/news/2023-11-tracking-errant-space-rocket-mysterious.html

    One way to destroy earth is too blow up the Moon.
    No Moon, our planet would go out of wack.
    Very unstable, it can even change orbit, I think.
    Go further out from the Sun?
    Did anyone make any simulation about Earth without the Moon?

    Getting rid of the Moon wouldn't significantly affect the orbit of the
    Earth. But it would make the Earth's obliquity much less stable, such
    that it's unlikely our planet would be able to support complex life.
    Our axial tilt varies over geological time spans by only a couple of
    degrees. Compare that with Mars, which varies chaotically from less
    than 10 to more than 60 degrees over hundreds of thousands of years.
    It is the Moon that stabilizes our tilt.

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  • From Rich@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sun Nov 26 20:22:11 2023
    On Sunday, 26 November 2023 at 18:27:16 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:38:46 PM UTC-8, Rich wrote:
    https://phys.org/news/2023-11-tracking-errant-space-rocket-mysterious.html

    One way to destroy earth is too blow up the Moon.
    No Moon, our planet would go out of wack.
    Very unstable, it can even change orbit, I think.
    Go further out from the Sun?
    Did anyone make any simulation about Earth without the Moon?

    We don't need the moon to exist, but we sure don't need huge pieces of what's left of it landing on us. But then fantasies
    about actually blowing up such a massive body are just that, fantasies. Also, shifting the orbit of a 300m wide asteroid is a lot easier too.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sun Nov 26 22:45:05 2023
    On Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 8:45:55 PM UTC-8, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Sun, 26 Nov 2023 15:27:14 -0800 (PST), StarDust
    wrote:
    On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:38:46?PM UTC-8, Rich wrote:
    https://phys.org/news/2023-11-tracking-errant-space-rocket-mysterious.html

    One way to destroy earth is too blow up the Moon.
    No Moon, our planet would go out of wack.
    Very unstable, it can even change orbit, I think.
    Go further out from the Sun?
    Did anyone make any simulation about Earth without the Moon?
    Getting rid of the Moon wouldn't significantly affect the orbit of the Earth. But it would make the Earth's obliquity much less stable, such
    that it's unlikely our planet would be able to support complex life.
    Our axial tilt varies over geological time spans by only a couple of degrees. Compare that with Mars, which varies chaotically from less
    than 10 to more than 60 degrees over hundreds of thousands of years.
    It is the Moon that stabilizes our tilt.

    Correct, Hail Ceaser!
    Long time ago there was a documentary - If we had no Moon?
    I should watch it again!

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Rich on Sun Nov 26 22:48:48 2023
    On Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 8:22:14 PM UTC-8, Rich wrote:
    On Sunday, 26 November 2023 at 18:27:16 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    On Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:38:46 PM UTC-8, Rich wrote:
    https://phys.org/news/2023-11-tracking-errant-space-rocket-mysterious.html

    One way to destroy earth is too blow up the Moon.
    No Moon, our planet would go out of wack.
    Very unstable, it can even change orbit, I think.
    Go further out from the Sun?
    Did anyone make any simulation about Earth without the Moon?
    We don't need the moon to exist, but we sure don't need huge pieces of what's left of it landing on us. But then fantasies
    about actually blowing up such a massive body are just that, fantasies. Also, shifting the orbit of a 300m wide asteroid is a lot easier too.

    Moon influence many things on our planet, the tides, the reproductive cycle of fish, even woman's monthly periods etc....
    Also, keep Earth's orbit stabile, no wobbling!

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