I heard on TV the other week that the moon is in fact moving away from the earth,and will continue to do so,but only about an inch per year,so i imagine it would take billions of years to have an impactt,and probably by then the sun will have died anyway.
Did see the movie too but that movie was complete fiction. However, the moon does have a great effect on our oceans, not sure about gravity though as it was depicted in that movie. If the moon actually collided with the planet earth it would be disastrous. The chances of that happening are extremely remote.
Orbits are dependent on speed, never are completely circular but elliptical in nature. Objects tend to speed up when falling into another body and slow down as gravitational attraction becomes less. As they speed up they move farther away and closer as they slow down.
Do not expect to see massive changes in orbits because I think it might be safe to say a balance has been achieved a long time ago and change if any will be gradual over long periods of time. The only things that are going to change orbits drastically are other largest bodies coming into our solar system or some massive collapse of a star close to us. This is possible however that too is held in check by universal forces.
Although prediction itself is fickle it would be safe to say that the old planet (old in human measure) called earth will continue to be around for a long time yet. Mankind on the other hand is another story. This is dependant on factors like, willingness to change, war, sickness and a range of other human issues.
The effect of this will be shown in the climate. The high tide and low tide will be strongly affected.
So if the moon keeps moving away does it mean our waves will become smaller? Or will it just be the same as now because of Global Warming?
Thanks for the Website, it helps.
Greenies.
