If the Earth wasn't around would....

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: If the Earth wasn't around would....

i'd much rather play videogames.

Well I'd much rather be gettin inside of somethin after a sesh..

but an Earth/Moon discussion seems a close second. Video games.. blah. Don't want to get dizzy and ruin it.

[GSW]

Re: If the Earth wasn't around would....

Well I'd much rather be gettin inside of somethin after a sesh..

but an Earth/Moon discussion seems a close second. Video games.. blah. Don't want to get dizzy and ruin it.

playin video games is what that was made for though....

that and watching movies.

[auburntigersfan]

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playin video games is what that was made for though....

that and watching movies.

This would blow your mind.

http://www.yoarcade.net/cubefieldfullscreen.php

[fistofrage]

Re: If the Earth wasn't around would....

The moon is bound to the earth, the earth is bound to the sun. The moon would gravitate toward the sun until it reached the gravitational pull of another planet. Or it would possibly be pulled in by Mars.

For whatever reason, the gravitataional pull of the earth is > than the pull of the sun for the moon in its current relative location to each. Its possible that Mars has enough pull to rope in the moon, but if not, its moving towards the sun.

[Tmacattack]

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It is actually possible to predict and with relatively good accuracy as well as long as you've taken university, or even high school physics.. It depends what the current trajectory of the moon is, as well as the Masses of the Sun, Moon, Mars, and Venus as well as the Distances of the Sun, Venus, and Mars from the moon. Gravity is one of the 4 (or 5, I forget) fundemental forces of the Universe and exists everywhere. It's directly porportional to the masses of the two objects and inversly porportional to the radius between them. The formule is
Force(of gravity)= ((gravitational constant) (Mass of object 1) (Mass of object 2))/Distance of objects from each other

So depending on where the moon is at that point, whichever celestial body exerts the largest force on it, will be the one to take it into its orbit.
Though, depending on the initial trajectory, I don't know if it's possible that the moon could collide with any of the aformentioned 3 bodies.

[superjames1992]

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This would blow your mind.

http://www.yoarcade.net/cubefieldfullscreen.php

That's a surprisingly fun game!

[MC Fatigue]

Re: If the Earth wasn't around would....

It is actually possible to predict and with relatively good accuracy as well as long as you've taken university, or even high school physics.. It depends what the current trajectory of the moon is, as well as the Masses of the Sun, Moon, Mars, and Venus as well as the Distances of the Sun, Venus, and Mars from the moon. Gravity is one of the 4 (or 5, I forget) fundemental forces of the Universe and exists everywhere. It's directly porportional to the masses of the two objects and inversly porportional to the radius between them. The formule is
Force(of gravity)= ((gravitational constant) (Mass of object 1) (Mass of object 2))/Distance of objects from each other

So depending on where the moon is at that point, whichever celestial body exerts the largest force on it, will be the one to take it into its orbit.
Though, depending on the initial trajectory, I don't know if it's possible that the moon could collide with any of the aformentioned 3 bodies.

But predict doesn't equal true.

Like I said - there's no way to really know what would happen unless they somehow tried it. But you can sure go ahead and guess and predict all you want.

[p_rushing]

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But predict doesn't equal true.

Like I said - there's no way to really know what would happen unless they somehow tried it. But you can sure go ahead and guess and predict all you want.

Sorry but yes they can predict it down to a few inches. They know the mass of the earth, moon, other planets. They also know the gravity, speed, and trajectory of the moon. They know the path of the other planets, their gravity, etc.

How do you think they get satellites, space shuttles, etc to orbit the earth or other planets. This is all easily simulated in the lab. Prediction is different when you are talking about mathematical equations. When you are dealing with known forces that always behave the same way, you can solve the equation.

[auburntigersfan]

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That's a surprisingly fun game!

It can get addicting, too. There's a version for iPhone called Cube Runner.

[skitch]

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This would blow your mind.

http://www.yoarcade.net/cubefieldfullscreen.php

That game is the ****. 141,335 on the first try... I'll be doing this for awhile.

[auburntigersfan]

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That game is the ****. 141,335 on the first try... I'll be doing this for awhile.

My high score is 502,330.

It get's ridiculous once you reach the black and white.

[superjames1992]

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This would blow your mind.

http://www.yoarcade.net/cubefieldfullscreen.php

Just got a new high score of 476,985 on that game!

It gets really fast there after it turns to black and white and I ended up running into one of the blocks.

[auburntigersfan]

Re: If the Earth wasn't around would....

Just got a new high score of 476,985 on that game!

It gets really fast there after it turns to black and white and I ended up running into one of the blocks.

In the black and white once you get to the part where you have to stay between the rows of blocks it gets nearly impossible.

[superjames1992]

Re: If the Earth wasn't around would....

In the black and white once you get to the part where you have to stay between the rows of blocks it gets nearly impossible.

You can say that again. I think you have to nail it perfectly or something. I got through the first two of the rows by some miracle, but I screwed up the third. It's wild!

This game is really addicting!

My high score now is 506,740 now and I don't see it getting much higher unless I learn how to get through the rows of blocks in the black and white. The problem is that it takes so long to get to that point that it really deflates me when I screw up. Plus, I always seem to suffer through some mental error or delayed reaction on the colored section or the grid one, even though they're pretty easy, so I only get to the black and white section about 25% of the time right now, give or take. I'm sure I'll get better, though.

[X*Cell]

Re: If the Earth wasn't around would....

This would blow your mind.

http://www.yoarcade.net/cubefieldfullscreen.php

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