Answer by WhatRoughBeast for Can the Earth drag the Moon into its atmosphere?
You have asked 3 questions. In order:Can the gravitational pull of Earth drag the Moon into Earth's atmosphere? As currently configured, no. Way back, the Moon was much, much closer to the earth than...
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The answer is no*, on several counts. First, as noted previously, the net effect of tidal heating is to cause the moon's orbital distance to slowly increase. Second, if you could somehow gradually...
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The Moon is currently drifting away from Earth. The Earth is moving away from the Sun at 15cm/year.If the Moon were to somehow come closer to the earth through outside forces, then yes. Gravitational...
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Not as things currently are. The gravitational pull of the earth is already pulling the Moon as much as it can, and the gravitational pull of the Sun likewise is pulling the Earth: that is why they...
View ArticleCan the Earth drag the Moon into its atmosphere?
Can the gravitational pull of Earth drag the Moon into Earth's atmosphere? Likewise, can the gravitational pull of the Sun drag Earth into the Sun's atmosphere? If that can happen, what will happen to...
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