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Wouldn't work afaict. You'd have to get rid of the mass, not just explode it.

• 4str0n0mer 4y ago
  If you would detonate the moon, break it up into small pieces and smear them out over its orbit, tidal friction would cease. Tidal friction is a major component of the earth's rotation's slowdown.
  • throw0101a 4y ago
    > If you would detonate the moon, break it up into small pieces […] Close to the plot of a recent Stephenson sci-fi novel: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves
    • mark-r 4y ago
      I hated the fact that you had to get 9/10 through the book to find out how it derived its name. The number 7 appears right at the start, but it's a misdirection.
      • macintux 4y ago
        I got about halfway through before I started skimming. Interminable.
• JadeNB 4y ago
  > Wouldn't work afaict. You'd have to get rid of the mass, not just explode it. I'm sure kibwen had in mind a Hollywood explosion, whereby a detonated object ceases to exist, rather than turning into many smaller objects.
• ARandomerDude 4y ago
  “Sir, are you suggesting that we blow up the moon?”
  • jsymolon 4y ago
    Nope, just explosive rapid deconstruction.