The Moon, located at a distance of 384,400 km from the Earth, is continuously serving the Earth like a lamp by providing light in the darkness of night. But have you ever thought about what would happen to the Earth if there was no moon and what difference would it make to the Earth? So let's find the answer to this question.
If there is any other brightest object in the sky after the moon, it is the planet Venus, but Venus cannot make the sky as bright as the moon. A full moon is about two thousand times brighter than a bright Venus, and in such a situation of having no moon, we would have dark nights.
In 2011, the scientists of NASA Ames Research Center performed some experiments on this topic, in which it was revealed that due to the absence of the moon, human civilization would not have been born on Earth. But now you might be thinking that how would it have been possible? Firstly, it would have an effect on ocean life and the earth's magnetic field. The gravity of our moon keeps pulling the earth towards it, due to which the tides come in the earth's ocean, this is what we have been studying from school.
But not only water, the gravitational force of the Moon also pulls the liquid crust present inside the Earth, due to which it keeps moving the motion of liquid, that is, it remains active. Now if the crust will not remain active then the earth's magnetic field will come to an end and if it is not there then the solar winds coming from the sun will make the earth barren like Mars.
Similarly, if tidal waves do not form, it will have a great effect on ocean life because due to the movements of these tidal waves, nutrients and oxygen get dissolved in the ocean, which is very important for ocean life. And if this does not happen the ocean life will end. Now the second major effect that will be there is Earth stabilization. The most important thing that the Moon does is stabilize our Earth. Due to the orbit of the moon and the gravitational pull of the earth, the earth has tilted to 23.4 degrees, and this tilt, which we also call Axial Tilt, gives our earth its seasons.
Usually, it happens that the earth and the rest of the planets wobble while rotating on its axis, but luckily our moon counteracts any fluctuations on the earth by its gravitational pull and the earth keeps orbiting in a stable position on its axis. So if there is no moon then the gravitational pull of Venus, Mars, and Jupiter will make our earth unstable, which will end all the seasons of the earth, that is, it will be impossible for any organism to flourish here.
Due to the absence of the moon, we will not see a lunar eclipse or a solar eclipse, as in the absence of the moon, there would be no object blocking the sun, so there would be no solar eclipse, whereas a lunar eclipse cannot happen without the moon.
In addition, the moon would have another major effect which is speed. Scientists say that before the formation of the moon, the earth used to spin 3 to 4 times faster than it is today. That means without Moon, a day on Earth would be only six to twelve hours, and thus a year could have more than a thousand days. This is because, due to the gravitational force of the Moon, the Earth's rotation slows down over time and the day lasts 24 hours. But if there is no gravitational force of the moon, then the earth will spin faster and the day will pass faster.
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With spinning fast, the speed of the wind would increase even more than 3 to 4 times in our environment, that is, there would always be an environment like storms and typhoons, in which even trees could not grow, making it even impossible for any organism to flourish.
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