The killer asteroid is supposed to pass earth within the moon's orbit. Nothing specifies the phase that the moon is in, so I thought "What if the rock hits the moon? Will we not have a moon?"
If we have no moon or a smaller moon as a result from collision w/ the asteroid, what do you think effects on Earth would be?
2006-11-26 02:44:56 · 7 answers · asked by jmancutie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
we would probably die because of the gravitational difference
but I don't know the details
2006-11-26 02:55:00 · answer #1 · answered by the professor 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, yeah. They already have, and they continue to do so. Evidence of asteroid impacts go back billions of years, and they are even monitored today. However, if you're talking about larger asteroids (like extinction level events), the probability is also great that another asteroid will collide with the earth. When this will happen is a matter of speculation. Certainly, we are NOT immune to random chance collisions.
2016-03-29 09:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by Pamela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "killer asteroid" would never be large enough to destroy the moon...but if we were to suddenly not have the moon, the effect would be that at first, our climate would undergo drastic changes due to the lack of a tidal influence. Also, part of what keeps the earth in its regular orbit around the sun is the moon....take away the moon, and there's an overall loss of mass that would cause a drastic alteration in the earth's orbit....causing it to drift away from the sun.
There's no pretty scenario in any of it....I'd worry more about the asteroid actually hitting the earth than what it could do to the moon.
2006-11-26 02:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A "Killer asteroid" could plunge the earth into another iceage depending on the size of the asteroid to begin with.
Right now there are over 830 known PHA's being tracked by Nasa. Anyone of them could severe damage should they hit the earth. But the chances of that are so slim, you stand a better chance of being hit by lightening or winning the lottery.
2006-11-26 05:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it hits out deep in the Ocean, Very High Walls of Water will head towards Land and Earthquakes.
If it hits the Earth itself, alot of Dirt and Rocks will be Thrown back "Ballistically" into the Atmosphere and rain down all over the Earth as Flaming (friction from air as they reenter Atmosphere) Meteorites and set much of the Earth on Fire, plus Earthquakes.
Later, the Dust in the Air could cause a "Nuclear Winter".
2006-11-26 03:06:23 · answer #5 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
killer asteroids can cause 3 things.one is a large tsunomi,another is a crater ,and or an ice age.
2006-11-26 04:32:38 · answer #6 · answered by alysha m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only thing I can think of is there will no longer be high or low tides.
2006-11-26 04:03:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋