2007-01-22 02:47:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Recent papers on planetary science claimed that one day the moon will reverse its move away from the earth and start moving closer to earth. When it does happen, it will not actually slam into earth. The tidal forces of earth will shatter the moon into many fragments, some of which will eventually fall on the surface of earth as meteorites, however the rest will oribit around the earth to form a ring, like that of Satun and Jupiter.
2007-01-22 05:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by Manoj P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The moon is not going to hit the earth. So it is not an idea worth worrying about. However, if the moon was hit by an object and sent to impact the earth, the Roche limit would cause it to brake apart before impact. So it would not hit the earth as one large ball of rock. It would hit the earth as many balls of rock, each one of them would be life ending event.
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2007-01-22 11:12:35 · answer #2 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not gonna happen. The moon is actually moving away from Earth at about 2 inchs per year. But IF it did happen we would all be dead.
But think about the moon moving away from us. It maybe at a slow pace but over millions of years it would be perceptible. In the age of the dinosaurs the moon was much bigger and brighter in the sky.
2007-01-22 10:53:03 · answer #3 · answered by FourKingHigh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the moon will never hit the earth but if something that big hits the earth, the earth will fly into pieces
2007-01-22 12:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by hoshmoot_19 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there would possibly be a few survivors, but they to would end up dying from starvation, or chemicals in the air. It is possible also that a catastrophe such as that would throw the gravitational pull off balance and knock earth out of its normal orbit killing everything within no mare that a couple months.
2007-01-22 11:38:30 · answer #5 · answered by Phoenix13's new account 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not likely. The kinetic energy of the collision would probably be enough to turn the earth molten.
2007-01-22 10:52:22 · answer #6 · answered by . 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most likely not. those in the collision area would be vaporized almost instantly. the seismic activity would cause immense tsunamis (tsunami?) and incredible amounts of dust would be thrown up in the air, killing most plant life and from there, all but the smallest microorganisms.
2007-01-22 10:53:58 · answer #7 · answered by pito16places 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We might or might not. It depends on the velocity and the mass of the moon.
2007-01-22 12:31:00 · answer #8 · answered by mostly_forfun 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not.
2007-01-22 10:54:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be f'd up.
2007-01-22 10:58:24 · answer #10 · answered by JickyWicky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋