Agent of Oblivion Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 Wouldn't it be weird if Earth had five moons?
Retard Girl Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 if we have five moons, we would think it was weird to have only one.
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 Gee, I wonder who owns those moons.
kkktookmybabyaway Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 Yes. And what cheese would each one be made out of?
Agent of Oblivion Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Posted March 17, 2009 Nah, I'm saying if all of a sudden it got dark like it normally does, and there were five moons. How fucked up would that be?
The Metal Maniac Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 That'd be cool. I always thought it was lame that other planets had a bunch of moons with cool names (Fuck, even Mars has two moons) and we only get that one moon - And it doesn't even have a cool name, it's just "the moon". Lame. If 5 moons were suddenly in the sky, I think I'd break my neck trying to get to a phone to call an observatory and call dibs on naming one of them. Assuming it didn't cause some sorta crazy mass chaos. I read a short story like that once, where it was never ever night on this one planet, and then they had a solar eclipse, so everyone on the planet lost their minds. I can imagine 4 extra moons showing up might be seen as a portent of destruction.
kkktookmybabyaway Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 Sadly, I probably wouldn't even notice.
Spaceman Spiff Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 Hells yeah. What size moons are we talking? Because, as I understand it, the current Moon's size & distance from Earth is integral to allowing life to thrive here. Having 5 moons would necessitate they be much smaller than the current one. How would that impact tides, volcano activity, etc.? Definitely would be cool to see, but would human life be around to see it?
Sideburnious Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 Nah, I'm saying if all of a sudden it got dark like it normally does, and there were five moons. How fucked up would that be? Well, the clarification does make a difference as I would have had a similar answer to the first reply. Is there anything in a religious text about multiple moons being part of an Armageddon? Personally I think it would possibly put more light on the exsistence of God, or an Alien invasion was about to take place. I'll leave it up to everyone else on what they think is more feasible.
Jingus Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 What size moons are we talking? Because, as I understand it, the current Moon's size & distance from Earth is integral to allowing life to thrive here. Having 5 moons would necessitate they be much smaller than the current one. How would that impact tides, volcano activity, etc.? This. Apparently the moon's gravity has some kind of stabilizing influence on Earth which smooths out the wobbles in its rotation and helped bring about life as we know it. Besides, what would be really weird is if you looked outside one day and there was a whole other planet, like, right there on the horizon. Like on those old Scifi Channel ads that aired when the network first started.
At Home Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 They'd inevitably crash into each other, which is awesome.
At Home Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 What size moons are we talking? Because, as I understand it, the current Moon's size & distance from Earth is integral to allowing life to thrive here. Having 5 moons would necessitate they be much smaller than the current one. How would that impact tides, volcano activity, etc.? This. Apparently the moon's gravity has some kind of stabilizing influence on Earth which smooths out the wobbles in its rotation and helped bring about life as we know it. Kind of. The moon actually contributes to the eccentricity of earth's orbit. Also, the Milankovitch cycles show that earth's rotation is really fuckin' wobbly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles
Agent of Oblivion Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Posted March 17, 2009 Suspend the laws of physics and astronomy and shit here. I'm just talking from an aesthetic and psychological perspective. Five moons. The earth remains unchanged otherwise.
The Metal Maniac Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 Would all 5 moons still reflect sunlight like the current moon does? That'd make for some amazingly bright nights when all 5 moons were full. Be an excellent time to party. Plus you'd have to imagine such an occurrence would be rare, for all 5 to be full at once.
Spaceman Spiff Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 Checking science at the door, then yes, it'd be unbelievably cool. Hell, I like looking up at our 1 moon. I'm a big nerd for astronomy stuff.
Gary Floyd Posted March 17, 2009 Report Posted March 17, 2009 It would be weird, but kinda cool in a Godzilla movie kind of way. This question brings back childhood memories of watching "Cosmos" on PBS.
Obi Chris Kenobi Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 That would really fuck up women's periods.
... Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 Well, we could go for the Jovian variety with Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, and that wonderful fucking monster Io. Think about Io constantly erupting in the sky. That would be awesome.
Art Sandusky Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 Yes. Yes it would. This is taking science into account which we're not supposed to do, but I imagine all five in our night sky at once would be something of a rare event. We'd probably also be a more pagan civilization with no less than six heavenly bodies to worship.
Richard Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 What if astronauts went on one of those moons and accidentally freed Rita Repulsa?
... Posted March 18, 2009 Report Posted March 18, 2009 The universe's most bitchin' stag party, that's what.
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