De eén zegt qft: quoted for truth ... de ander vind het nonsens.
Ik zou toch nog eens m'n bronnen checken als je denkt dat dit nonsens is, want de precessie-maan stelling wordt algemeen ondersteund door de wetenschap en vele astronomen... er is zelf vrij duidelijk bewijs dat de maan zich vormde uit brokstukken van de vroege aarde door de samenstelling van maansteen ... en zich door acretie vormde, en ze beweegt zich heel traag van ons weg, dat zijn kwazie 100 % feiten
De maan heeft zoveel invloed op ons met z'n zwaartekracht, zoals springtij etc. allemaal geen nonsens.
Without a moon, the only tides would be solar tides; they would be less than half as large as they are today and would be more regular. The moon's tides have also slowed the earth's rotation; without the moon's tidal drag, the earth would rotate in something like 14 hours, resulting in a much stronger Coriolis effect and altering climate patterns worldwide. The moon also helps stabilize the earth's axial tilt. Without the moon, the earth's axis could shift fairly quickly, anywhere from 0 to as much as 60 degrees. The earth's climate would then be much more unpredictable, and at least land-based life organisms might have a more difficult time getting established.
Apart from the obvious effects on the tides the moon is crucial to our existence. Without it there would probably be no life on earth. The angle of tilt of the earths axis wobbles over time, this is called Precession. With the moon being so large it's gravitational pull keeps the wobble to a minimum. If there was no moon the earth could tilt so dramatically that it orbits the sun on it's side with one of it's poles could point directly at the sun just like the equator does today. There would be no night or day, it would be one or the other depending on which side of the earth you are on. There would be no seasons. The side of the earth pointing to the sun would be sterile desert, to hot for life as we know it. The side pointing away would be ice and dark, permanent night, no crops would be able to grow; to cold for life as we know it. If you think that this could not happen it has to Uranus, a planet far bigger than the earth, who's south pole is always pointing at the sun. And there is evidence that this has happened to other planets in the past. Also the earth would be hit far more often by comets and asteroids. You have only got to look at the moon with a low powered telescope to see how often the moon has been hit in the past by objects the would have probably hit the earth if the moons pull had not got in the way. And that is just the side of the moon that is pointing towards us. On the dark side of the moon the side that always pointing away from the earth space craft have proved that it is far far more densely cratered. In fact it has been estimated that the earth would have been struck too many times for life to get a foot hold if it was not for the moon.
