2007-03-02 07:37:42 · 8 answers · asked by goodness_1995 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Many scientists believe the moon to have once been part of the Earth. When the Earth was young, there were many more meteorites than today, and they were much larger. Many struck the Earth, and some were large enough to remove a chunk of the Earth, known as the Moon. The reason the Earth does not have a large crater (no, the grand canon is not the moon) is because of gravity. Over millions of millions of years, the gravity of Earth (along with erosion) has brought the Earth to a mostly round spherical shape.
2007-03-02 08:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by db81092 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Current thinking is that the earth was struck by something else that was very large billions of years ago, when it was still young and a pretty rotten place to live. The stuff that was scraped off formed a debris cloud, and wound up forming into its own round rocky body. That is the moon that we see today.
2007-03-02 15:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a question up for debate. The most popular theory right now is that the moon formed form a giant impact width a mars sized body.
http://groups.google.com/group/neat-astronomy?hl=en
2007-03-02 17:33:16 · answer #3 · answered by chase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its gravity effects the tidal motion of water, the moon illuminates the earth at night and inspires poets with its beauty
2007-03-02 16:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its actually a Hollywood prop, that is why every so often they
send up a space shuttle to change the light-bulb.
2007-03-02 15:44:08 · answer #5 · answered by Rusty Jones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We need the faint light in order to see where we water our plants in the field at night.
2007-03-02 15:48:34 · answer #6 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone put it there to keep the earth from wobbling on its axis. Its a good stabilizer.
2007-03-02 15:44:46 · answer #7 · answered by framer1962 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just be thankful that it does or you and all of us would not exist.
2007-03-02 15:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by Dwayne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋