In the age of the dinosaurs, the moon overlapped the sun when it eclipsed it but has been moving further away ever since, so that now, by coincidence, it covers the sun exactly. A long way in the future, therefore, such a total eclipse will cease to be - does anyone have any idea roughly how long that will take, based on any calculations made in the scientific world?
2006-06-05 19:27:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The moon is moving away from the Earth at about 3.8 cm per year. At this rate, it is calculated that the moon will be far enough away from the Earth not to cover the sun in slightly less than 600 million years.
2006-06-08 13:12:02 · answer #1 · answered by California Bear 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The moon will just click in by gravity and return to the ecliptic equator. As if the moon gets to close to the poles it will be pulled back in line with the equator it's whats currently happening now is what will cease to happen. The moon will keep lining and un-lining with the ecliptic equator.
We think the moon existed in that position in dinosaur times but no one was there to see the dinosaurs or the moon at that time.
How do we know? We don't though and thats the problem.
The only time the solar eclipse will end is when the moon gets knocked, the moon explodes or the sun will die and end all existence.
The moon moves away from the Earth each year by 2.1 inches.
It will either;
1.
A.Slingshot into space from the Earth over a few 100 million years.
B.Be saved from a slingshot from an alien or an Earthly race.
C.Slingshot into space and god knows what'll happen.
2.
A.The moon will explode and destroy the Earth.
B.The moon will explode and the Earth has a ring of asteroids.
C.The moon will explode and kill large living things on Earth. Posible cause to dinosaur death.
3.
A.Be engulfed during the sun's death explosion.
B.The moon will nearly explode and is saved.
C.The moon will become an asteroid in space.
Then the moon will end, along with the solar lunar eclipse.
Technology may save the Earth's view of solar eclipse of the moon.
Then again it may end by being able to escape to poles by polar gravity feeds to stop any gravity getting to it.
2006-06-10 04:04:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider this. At it's average distance the moon can not give a total eclipse now. We only need the moons orbit to become more circular to destroy total eclipses
2006-06-05 22:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by bwadsp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Jean Meeus, we will start missing solar eclipses in about 620 million years, and lose them completely in about 1.2 billion years.
2006-06-05 19:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after some billion yrs ago when earth will be engulfed by the sun.
when sun is about to die it will engulf the earth and solar eclipse will cease
2006-06-05 19:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by Deepanshu Gupta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With so much pollution we might soon have a permanent eclipse sooner than we think!
2006-06-06 03:23:38 · answer #6 · answered by TAFF 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im with Sloop on this one i couldnt give a monkeys
2006-06-13 03:00:17 · answer #7 · answered by angel louie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look omn the calender
2006-06-05 19:30:29 · answer #8 · answered by blondie197673 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never universe ends brfore that
2006-06-15 20:04:38 · answer #9 · answered by Tanveer Ahmed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really.
Too many variables.
2006-06-09 06:47:59 · answer #10 · answered by Ben C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋