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Not unless something hit the moon to send it heading towards us. The moon is actually moving away from the Earth and in trillions of years time, will no longer be orbiting Earth.

2007-08-27 00:10:37 · answer #1 · answered by John_UG 2 · 0 0

The leading theory on how the moon formed is that during the time when the earth was cooling it wobbled and a large glob was ejected. This glob became the moon and has been moving away from the earth ever since at a rate of some small amount like 1 inch or what ever a year.
The amount per year is small but the moon is moving away from us.

2007-08-27 00:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

The leading theory actually is that when the earth was cooling, the earth DID have a wobbly orbit, but that another prototype planet roughly the same size as mars, collided with the earth. Some of the debris stayed here on earth, while the rest got thrown up back into space, and got into orbit with the earth.

So the likelyhood of it colliding again is slim, however, there is always a possibily. Anything could happen - Asteroids, space junk......

2007-08-27 05:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No. The moon is receding from the earth.

Friction by the tides is slowing the earth’s rotation, so the length of a day is increasing by 0.002 seconds per century. This means that the earth is losing angular momentum.7 The Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum says that the angular momentum the earth loses must be gained by the moon. Thus the moon is slowly receding from Earth at about 4 cm (1½ inches) per year, and the rate would have been greater in the past. The moon could never have been closer than 18,400 km (11,500 miles), known as the Roche Limit, because Earth’s tidal forces (i.e., the result of different gravitational forces on different parts of the moon) would have shattered it. But even if the moon had started receding from being in contact with the earth, it would have taken only 1.37 billion years to reach its present distance.8 NB: this is the maximum possible age — far too young for evolution (and much younger than the radiometric ‘dates’ assigned to moon rocks) — not the actual age.

http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/764

2007-08-27 04:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 0 3

Actually, the distance between Earth and the Moon is increasing over the time. So, instead of hitting the Earth, the Moon is running away

2007-08-27 00:13:01 · answer #5 · answered by andrade4sveta 2 · 2 0

No, the Moon will continue to move away from the Earth, unless a catastrophic event was to occur, such as the moon being hit by a gigantic meteor which would cause it to spiral into the Earth.

2007-08-27 03:00:11 · answer #6 · answered by Jim 7 · 0 0

iit would require a huge amount of energy to change either the moon or the earth from their course.
It is more likely that both will be destroyed by the sun when it will run out of fuel and becoming a red geant.

as one said, the moon is only getting further from the earth so be happy

2007-08-27 02:40:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There are no such signs.
Most probably a black hole will be responsible for the destruction of earth as per latest scientific research. Same is mentioned in Qur'aan, while explaining the day of judgment, that the mountains will be flying like combed cotton and earth will be shaking with making sound.

2007-08-27 00:30:15 · answer #8 · answered by Mustansar Dar 3 · 0 1

the moons orbit is moving away from the earth at a rate of 20cms per year based on lazer measurments. so dont worry feel happy.

2007-08-27 00:23:15 · answer #9 · answered by country bumpkin [sheep nurse] 7 · 2 0

Well considering that its moving an average of 20cm away from us per year I think the likely hood of that happening is zero.

You have more chance of getting one off the pope.

2007-08-27 00:10:40 · answer #10 · answered by cheek_of_it_all 5 · 2 1

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