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Wouldn't the moon leaving the Earth's orbit give us a sell-by date too? I thought the removal of a large object like the moon would change our orbit as well, ca
by MichaelApproved 13y ago
Wouldn't the moon leaving the Earth's orbit give us a sell-by date too? I thought the removal of a large object like the moon would change our orbit as well, causing things to be dramatically different on Earth.
Is that wrong? What would happen to the Earth when the moon breaks away?
- andrewflnr 13y agoThat's a pretty big if, actually. It may be possible for the earth to give up all its angular momentum without giving the moon enough energy to escape. But then we have eternal day and night on opposite sides of earth, so that's probably not a big improvement.
- adaml_623 13y agoActually the angular momentum transfer will stop when the moons orbit is the same length as the earth's rotation. So earth would still have day and night but would only have 10-12 per year.