What is Tidal Locking?
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Thank you Mr. Barbovschi, understood. Exactly the example you used that an impact similar to those that would make dinosaurs extinct on this planet if it happened to the Moon what affect would that be to our life on Earth. Did not know if any agencies would look at that as hazardous to humans and take steps to halt those impacts also.
Fraser, question I've had but have not found anyone mention is that we see and can anticipate asteroid, meteor, or comet strikes on the Earth and what the catastrophic results could be but what about hitting the moon, do we plan for those strikes? What would happen is the catastrophic would happen and BOOM goes our lunar buddy, what happens to the Earth? Lunar tides abating, possible fragments hitting the Earth? I've heard of Project Sentinel but can we apply that to also protecting our Moon from big bangs of moving bodies?
Really interesting question! But if we are talking about the same asteroids which can make extinct life on Earth, I don't think that their impact on the Moon will do us any harm, may be just a really beautiful meteor shower. An interesting aspect is consequences for our devices on the surface and on the orbit of the Moon. Those on orbit definitely will have to suffer... Most probably we will lose them (it is interesting if our Earth-orbiting satellites will have to suffer...). On Moon's surface... Not sure what will be the outcome. The Moon's orbit definitely won't be changed at any considerable amount, the energy of gravitational system is much-much bigger than that of an impact with regular asteroid (we are not talking of smashing Pluto into Moon - in this case we are doomed for sure)