Is our Moon "leaving " Earth ,?can our Planet survive without it ?

Answer 1

There are a couple of ways for the Earth's moon to leave. One is to be pummeled by a comet or large asteroid, breaking it up and another is to have an inner explosion eliminating it completely. While either one of these is unpredictable and if it did happen the effect on the Earth would be enormous. There won't be any tides. Because of this major streams that flow through both large oceans could shift. The weather would be affected also, because the major streams in the oceans where weather occurs would have a different impact. The Earth itself might change its elliptical orbit around the sun and this would affect all the other heavenly bodies within the Solar System to change as well. Currently every heavenly body is normal, because each one depends on the other to maintain its current position. Because nobody has experienced this before, there are likely to be a lot of unknowns to occur.

Answer 2

The moon is leaving us at the rate of 1 1/2 inches per year, this is because the moon and earth are becoming tidily bound together. This means that the rotation of the earth slows down a couple milliseconds per year. So the rotational energy has to go somewhere so it accelerates the moon pushing it out farther. The earth will eventually be locked into a 1:1 residence width the moon and rotate once Evey lunar month, and the moon will stop receding. So one side of the earth will always face the moon. If you want an example of tidal locking just look to the moon it has already been locked to the earth.

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Answer 3

To take Normanbor... answer one step further. Once the moon's orbit is broken and it no longer effect's our tides the winds on the planet will also die causing a rapid increace in global temp's. Thus causeing what is left of polar ice cap's to completely melt and flood the coast line's of the world. The planet will indeed slow down thus causing a shift in gravity and leave the planet exposed to more asteriod impacts. Oh yea the moon leaves us at the rate of 1 inch per 375 days. at this rate we will not be around to see the end of the world unless the black hole flux in 2012 causes things to change.

Answer 4

Its true the moon is moving away from the earth but it will not leave our orbit. In fact it will reach a certain point where it will begin to move back towards the earth until it eventually breaks apart and forms a ring around our planet. this is billions of years from now so i wouldnt be too concerned about it.

Answer 5

The moon does indeed move a few inches farther away from us each year. Eventually it will break free from Earth's orbit. You and I won't be here to see it happen though.

This will have a profound effect on the tides as well as the length of our days and nights, as the moon regulates these things. It could also affect the length of our year as our speed through space is relative to our mass and that of the moon. Without the moon our mass will drop considerably.

Without the moon, life as we know it would never have evolved.

Answer 6

Yes it is slowly drifting a little further each year away from us. No it can not, as it not only affects our tides but it also affects the way the planet wobbles.

Answer 7

It is very slowly moving away (a few cm per year)

we can probably live without it but it would be hard w/o things like tides regularly and it would definitely be different

Answer 8

Yes it is and yes we can! We already have the "ability" to dodge big space objects. The earthquakes will be reduced as well.

Answer 9

tht would be soo kool but no. we couldnt live w/o it

Answer 10

YES IT IS AND NO IT CAN'T.