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Topic: Moon was once much closer
Jord33n Joined Sun 07/24/16 Posts: 196	Wed 04/19/17 10:40 AM
Did you know, at one point in Earths long history the moon was 20 times closer than what it is today. Could you imagine what tides and storms must have been like in those days. The gravitational index would have been much higher because of the moons closer proximity to the Earth.

no1phD Joined Tue 01/07/14 Posts: 27442	Wed 04/19/17 10:44 AM
Yes I did Just imagine what's going to happen as it gets further away

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Wed 04/19/17 11:00 AM
I thought it was getting closer

greeneyes148 Joined Fri 12/25/15 Posts: 5830	Wed 04/19/17 12:12 PM
well, as long as it does not come crashing into us like a cue ball.. I don't care.

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Wed 04/19/17 12:17 PM
I think we'll be safe as long as you don't live in Washington or new York, all the disaster film's I've seen they are the 2 places that get it

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Wed 04/19/17 12:22 PM
I think we'll be safe as long as you don't live in Washington or new York, all the disaster film's I've seen they are the 2 places that get it So glad I moved I looked it up and it's actually getting further away not sure how that will effect us though.

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Wed 04/19/17 12:25 PM
Really? Maybe it's had enough of us! We really can't be without it I think?

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Wed 04/19/17 12:35 PM
Really? Maybe it's had enough of us! We really can't be without it I think? It has to do with the moons orbit getting larger. I don't fully understand it, but it's interesting.

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Wed 04/19/17 12:38 PM
It is interesting, I thought it was slowing down so being pulled closer! I used to have dreams years ago and in it we had 2 moons!

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Wed 04/19/17 12:43 PM
It is interesting, I thought it was slowing down so being pulled closer! I used to have dreams years ago and in it we had 2 moons! What I read was that it was making the earth slow down, the further away it gets. That part would be the concern I imagine. Although I think it will take a really long time before it comes to a stop. I used to have strange dreams too about having more than one moon, and being on another planet.

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Wed 04/19/17 12:47 PM
Very strange, but so interesting A guy called professor Brian Cox is good, and I used to watch the sky at night in the old days with the guy with the monical Patrick Moore, great old guy

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Wed 04/19/17 12:57 PM
Very strange, but so interesting A guy called professor Brian Cox is good, and I used to watch the sky at night in the old days with the guy with the monical Patrick Moore, great old guy Sounds cool. I will have to check him out.

37ko Joined Fri 03/11/16 Posts: 207	Wed 04/19/17 02:16 PM
the moon holds us in our orbit around the sun once it drifts far enough away from us and breaks free we will drift out of the "Goldilocks zone" and earth will grow cold and life will cease to exist on this planet...

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Wed 04/19/17 02:20 PM
the moon holds us in our orbit around the sun once it drifts far enough away from us and breaks free we will drift out of the "Goldilocks zone" and earth will grow cold and life will cease to exist on this planet... Well that's a scary thought. Thanks for explaining it. Hopefully we have a long ways to go before that happens.

37ko Joined Fri 03/11/16 Posts: 207	Wed 04/19/17 02:27 PM
the sun will burn out and either a) go cold and we freeze or b) go supernova and blow us up before the moon drifts away...there's also a chance a large object could strike the moon sending it and us out of orbit before then...none of which are fun thoughts but all of which are millions-billions of years into the future presumably

Integrityis1st Joined Sun 07/24/16 Posts: 9956	Mon 07/17/17 06:55 PM
Or its being pulled by a black hole.

catinidaho Joined Fri 10/24/14 Posts: 10849	Mon 07/17/17 07:28 PM
There will be a lunar eclipse August 21.

Integrityis1st Joined Sun 07/24/16 Posts: 9956	Mon 07/17/17 07:39 PM
The Goldilocks zone is where we are everything is perfect to sustain life.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2643	Mon 07/17/17 07:48 PM
the moon holds us in our orbit around the sun once it drifts far enough away from us and breaks free we will drift out of the "Goldilocks zone" and earth will grow cold and life will cease to exist on this planet... that sounds bleak and depressing ., is there another alternative ??? why is it called the Goldilocks zone Astronomers refer to the area surrounding a star that an Earth-like planet could support life as we understand it as the "Goldilocks Zone". Meaning that just like the fictional character, the rest of us humans are kinda picky when searching for new worlds to corrupt.

technovative Joined Sat 03/01/14 Posts: 2643	Mon 07/17/17 08:07 PM
the moon holds us in our orbit around the sun once it drifts far enough away from us and breaks free we will drift out of the "Goldilocks zone" and earth will grow cold and life will cease to exist on this planet... that sounds bleak and depressing ., is there another alternative ??? why is it called the Goldilocks zone Astronomers refer to the area surrounding a star that an Earth-like planet could support life as we understand it as the "Goldilocks Zone". Meaning that just like the fictional character, the rest of us humans are kinda picky when searching for new worlds to corrupt. ah .. thanks techno .. that makes sense Now if we just follow Hansel und Gretel's breadcrumb trail it probably would lead us right to a globe that's "just right" for us to stake claim to.