Unlike Earth, the Moon is no stranger to meteorites. We can already make this inference when we look at the craters on its surface. The fact that meteorites do not shake the Earth that much while affecting the Moon is also related to the fact that the atmosphere on the Moon is not as strong as on Earth. In this way, even though meteorites are small in diameter, they can have a large impact area as they move at enormous speeds.

We can say that the moon has handled the meteors that have hit it quite well so far. Because he can still shine above us. So what would happen if a meteor of its size were to hit it one day and we lost the Moon?

“Even if our dwarf planet Ceres lands on the moon, it might move our satellite a little…”

According to Wynn-Williams, that would be a very small movement. Ceres has a diameter of 946 km. The diameter of the moon is about 3475 km. The force created by the collision between these two is also overcome by the momentum gained by the Moon as it rotates around the Earth. So in this scenario there is no Moon standing still as Ceres is heading towards it.

 

According to Clark Chapman of the Southwest Research Institute, it is unlikely that the Moon would come out alive from such a scenario. Moreover, there is no doubt that remnants from the Moon after such a collision would threaten life on Earth. Fortunately, no such meteor exists yet.

If the moon disappeared, would life on Earth end?

Life would have been pretty tough here and we would probably have suffered a lot of casualties, but it wouldn't be very consistent to say that life on the planet would have been completely destroyed. There is no doubt that life will become very difficult, however.

The absence of the moon would have had effects on tides, as far as climate change. There is no doubt that ecosystems will be adversely affected by this. Even though the Moon would no longer have an effect on the oceans, the Sun's gravitational pull would. This, too, was weaker than that of the Moon, so the water level would recede.

Our world does not turn upright. Instead, it rotates tilted at a 23.5-degree angle. This aspect is balanced with the Moon. If the Moon were no longer there, we could even see this angle go up to 45 degrees. This would mean that we would no longer see a Sun shining on the equator, but rather on the poles.

It should also be noted that this will lead to extreme cold in the interior. It is not difficult to predict that life will become more difficult than it has ever been, when the darkness of night is added to the extreme cold here.

 

Source: SYFY, The Atlantic, Popular Science, Space, Real Clear Science, What If