2006-07-13 04:27:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The tides would change considerably.
There would be many few songs that have "moon" in the title.
No eclipses, lunar or solar.
The earth might have more meteor or comet scars.
Who the hell would ever have heard of Neal Armstrong?
Instead of mooning somebody you'd be, well, who knows what you'd be doing?
There wouldn't be a Moons Over My Hammy entree at Dennys.
The word lunatic would not exist.
Werewolves would probably have to find another time to go nutso.
Hillbillies wouldn't be making moonshine -- ok, they'd still be making it but it wouldn't be called moonshine.
2006-07-13 04:34:50 · answer #1 · answered by DR 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
There would be no Moonlight. Some biologists think the mere presence of light from the Moon has profound effects on all animals. You know, strange things always seem to happen during a full Moon!
There would be no tides. The Moon's gravity causes the tides. This could have profound effects on life in the sea, since tidal action is key in flushing waste out of bays and things like that.
Moon's presence stabilizes the Earth's tilt. Currently, the Earth's axis is tilted about 23 1/2 degrees and this causes the seasons. This tilt changes slightly over the centuries, going up and down about a degree every few thousand years. New computer models show that without the Moon the tilt would swing wildly, by many degrees or even tens of degrees, over long periods. The result could be extremely hot summers and extremely cold winters, possibly making all life on Earth impossible! This is believed to be the case on Mars, which has two moons that are not large enough to stabilize it's tilt.
2006-07-13 12:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing that was missed is that the rotation of the earth would be dramatically faster... The moon is leaving us at around an inch a year which will affect the speed of the earths rotation. Leap seconds will have to be used within the next 5-10 decades. No moon = no us.
2006-07-13 13:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by entropy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No continental drift. -- The collision that produced the moon removed enough mantle material to prevent Earth from having locked plates like Venus.
No life -- Many theories require tides to produce conditions for life.
Harder to get ashore -- Inter-tidal zones provided assistance in life getting onto land.
Space flight -- no moon landing means first space flight is a longer trip. No easy goal beyond orbit in sight.
No solar eclipses -- therefore no sun eating dragon myths, etc.
Calendar -- They would be a bigger challenge to invent.
Impacts -- The moon is a very good shield against loose chunks of rocks raining from the sky.
Pink Floyd -- never would have recorded the Dark Side of the Moon.
2006-07-13 12:09:48 · answer #4 · answered by DCA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would be no tides, no eclipses, and we would lose stability of rotation, so the tilt of the axis would start to wander, greatly affecting the seasons and the climate.
2006-07-13 11:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by qetyl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
Seasons would be effected I think. Tides too.
Other things relating to gravity might get effected...
Karl
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2006-07-13 11:46:07 · answer #6 · answered by James 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out "If we had no moon on IMAX".Also check out the other IMAX films,very educational,and PBS-Nova for Brian Greene's "the Elegant Universe.
2006-07-13 11:35:50 · answer #7 · answered by kents411 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm. well, we wouldn't have light at night; there'd be no planet for the sun's rays to bounce off. also, we wouldn't have the tides, as there would be no gravitational pull coming from a large orbiting body.
2006-07-13 11:31:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no moon then no humans. the rest would not matter.
2006-07-13 11:40:18 · answer #9 · answered by Dwayne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seasons would probably be off.
the tide would be all messed up.
2006-07-13 11:30:50 · answer #10 · answered by puppies159 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋