What If the Moon Didn't Exist

What If the Moon Didn't Exist

"What if the Moon Didn’t Exist" is a collection of speculative articles about different versions of Earth. They were originally published in Astronomy magazine. The scenarios are:

* Solon – Earth without a Moon
* Lunholm – Moon closer to Earth
* Petiel – Earth with less mass
* Urania – Earth’s axis tilted like that of Uranus
* Granstar – More massive sun
* Antar – Effects if a supernova exploded near Earth
* Cerberon – Star passing through the solar system
* Diablo – Black Hole passing through the Earth
* Seeing the world via infrared
* Effects of ozone layer depletion

References

*Neil F. Comins: "What If the Moon Didn’t Exist". HarperCollins, 1993 ISBN 0-06-016864-1

External links

* [http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/33/33.html "What If the Moon Didn't Exist?"] Neil F. Comins, published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific


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