Would we survive if the Moon exploded?

Would we survive if the Moon exploded?

If the explosion doesn’t alter the Earth’s rotation, the lack of moon would cause the Earth to rotate at a constant speed. This means that every day would be 24 hours long for the rest of the Earth’s existence. The Earth’s tides would also change because the gravity the moon exerts on the oceans would no longer exist.

What would happen if someone exploded the Moon?

Explosion The gravitational binding energy of the Moon is 120 million, trillion gigajoules. This means that unless you deliver that much energy in one go, the Moon will just crack apart and reform into a sphere.

Could we destroy the Moon if we wanted?

Could we blow up the moon if we wanted/needed to? With current technology; no. In the medium term future we could throw a large asteroid at it, but even Ceres would be more likely to melt and merge with it instead of “destroy”.

What happens if the Moon gets hit?

The Moon is very big, and any small object hitting it would have very little effect on its motion around the Earth, because the Moon’s own momentum would overwhelm that of the impact. Most asteroid collisions would result in large craters and little else; even the largest asteroid known, Ceres, wouldn’t budge the Moon.

Would Earth be OK without a moon?

Without a moon the tilt of our earth’s axis would vary over time. This could create some very wild weather. Right now, thanks to our moon, our axis stays tilted at twenty-three point five degrees. But without the moon the earth might tilt too far over or hardly tilt at all leading to no seasons or even extreme seasons.

Can life exist without the Moon?

Without the Moon, there would have been no life on Earth. … Four billion years ago, when life began, the Moon orbited much closer to us than it does now, causing massive tides to ebb and flow every few hours.

What would happen if the Moon disappeared for 5 seconds?

It is the pull of the Moon’s gravity on the Earth that holds our planet in place. Without the Moon stabilising our tilt, it is possible that the Earth’s tilt could vary wildly. It would move from no tilt (which means no seasons) to a large tilt (which means extreme weather and even ice ages).

Could the Moon crash into Earth?

Well, chances are negligible. The reason is that the Moon is much smaller than the Earth and therefore, its force of attraction is much less than the Earth. The gravitational pull of the Earth will draw the asteroid, comet or any other object, towards itself.

What would happen if 70 of the Moon was destroyed?

Originally Answered: What would happen if 70% of the moon was destroyed? There’s no destroying 70% of the moon. If you’ve destroyed that much, the rest collapses and implodes.

Would the Earth be destroyed if the Moon disappeared?

So, without a moon, the Earth’s axis could dangerously shift. That could activate a litany of scary scenarios, including a wild change in seasons and climate, potentially rendering huge portions—if not all—of the planet uninhabitable for parts of the year.

What could destroy a moon?

If the moon got close enough to the Earth, around 18,000 km, it would pull apart and be shredded into a beautiful ring. And then the objects in the ring would enter the Earth’s atmosphere and rain down beautiful destruction for thousands of years.

Is it possible to destroy the Sun?

In fact, since you’ve got the power to magically replace stellar cores, you would only need to replace the Sun’s core with carbon or oxygen to kill it. It actually doesn’t have enough mass to fuse even carbon. As soon as you replaced the Sun’s core, it would shut off fusion.

What if the Sun was blue?

How big was the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?

Its center is offshore near the community of Chicxulub, after which it is named. It was formed slightly over 66 million years ago when a large asteroid, about ten kilometers (six miles) in diameter, struck Earth. The crater is estimated to be 180 kilometers (110 miles) in diameter and 20 kilometers (12 miles) in depth.

Is it possible to break the Moon?

In order to completely destroy the Moon, you can’t just fragment it; each one of those fragments has to be given enough velocity that it “escapes” the mutual gravitational attraction of the other fragments. That’s called “escape velocity” (for obvious reasons, I hope!).

How much force would it take to destroy the Moon?

For a sense of scale: 30 quadrillion tons of TNT = a 470 km sphere.

How powerful do you have to be to destroy a moon?

You need a power level of 453 or at least over 400 to destroy the Moon.