If We Had No Moon

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If We Had No Moon

Unread post by Anach » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:19 pm

http://astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op ... =0&thold=0

The Earth has a large moon, making it unique in the inner solar system. Mercury and Venus have no moons, and Mars has only two small asteroid-sized objects orbiting it. In this essay, the father of the SMART-1 lunar mission, Bernard Foing of the European Space Agency, looks at the effect the Moon has had on the Earth, and explores how different our world would be if we had no planetary companion. Would life have evolved differently, or even appeared on Earth without the Moon?
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Unread post by gelfling » Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:56 am

That was an interesting article and an interesting Web site. Thank you for posting it :)
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