Asteroid hits moon → moon hits Earth possible?

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An asteroid striking the moon could theoretically alter its orbit, but the energy required for such a collision to send the moon careening toward Earth is astronomically high. The moon's mass is significantly greater than any near-Earth object, making it nearly impossible for an asteroid to generate enough momentum to disrupt its trajectory. Even if an asteroid did collide with the moon, it would likely result in the ejection of small debris rather than a direct impact on Earth. The chances of a major asteroid strike occurring in one's lifetime are extremely remote, making such scenarios more fitting for science fiction than reality. Overall, the discussion emphasizes that while asteroid impacts can happen, the specific scenario of the moon crashing into Earth is highly improbable.
  • #61
I know but its weird, that 2 people have the same dream, and its not the most common dream. Its not as if we dream about flying or w/e Just scares me that someone dream the same odd **** that doesn't have a dream symbol, as me!
 
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  • #62
akanura said:
I just registered to reply on this even though i have nothing with physics. I googled 'moon hit earth' and found this post.

I had the same dream! It freaked me out as well. I only dreamed i was sitting at home, and when i looked outside i saw the moon, but it was HUGE and seemed to be really close. I got really scared and it freaked me out. Then suddenly i became a spectator in my dream, as floating in space. And then i saw the moon, hit the earth. I was so so scared, the Earth got damaged for a huge part, but the bigger part was still in tact.
Well HOW ODD IS THIS? 2 people dreaming about the moon hitting the earth?

akanura said:
I know but its weird, that 2 people have the same dream, and its not the most common dream. Its not as if we dream about flying or w/e Just scares me that someone dream the same odd **** that doesn't have a dream symbol, as me!

It isn't odd at all, after all every year there are over two and a half trillion dreams! And an asteroid hitting the moon isn't even that weird a concept. Now let's stick with what the thread is actually about and not get dragged into any crazy speculation on dreams.
 
  • #63
Ryan_m_b said:
It isn't odd at all, after all every year there are over two and a half trillion dreams! And an asteroid hitting the moon isn't even that weird a concept. Now let's stick with what the thread is actually about and not get dragged into any crazy speculation on dreams.

Here is my one comment about this dream and the moon knocked out of orbit by asteroid/planetoid concept...Could it be that somehow you and that other dreamer either read or heard about these works of young adult fiction by Susan Beth Pfeffer?
Life As We Knew It (pub. 2006), The Dead And The Gone (pub. 2008), and This World We Live In (pub. 2010) aka the Last Survivors series .
 
  • #64
NeedtoKnow said:
Here is my one comment about this dream and the moon knocked out of orbit by asteroid/planetoid concept...Could it be that somehow you and that other dreamer either read or heard about these works of young adult fiction by Susan Beth Pfeffer?
Life As We Knew It (pub. 2006), The Dead And The Gone (pub. 2008), and This World We Live In (pub. 2010) aka the Last Survivors series .

I didn't have a dream. I was responding to someone who claimed to have a dream about it. Whilst I've never heard of Pfeffer I don't doubt that some of her readers may have had a dream like that. The majority of people though are just dreaming of a fairly simple idea.
 
  • #65
akanura said:
I just registered to reply on this even though i have nothing with physics. I googled 'moon hit earth' and found this post.

I had the same dream! It freaked me out as well. I only dreamed i was sitting at home, and when i looked outside i saw the moon, but it was HUGE and seemed to be really close. I got really scared and it freaked me out. Then suddenly i became a spectator in my dream, as floating in space. And then i saw the moon, hit the earth. I was so so scared, the Earth got damaged for a huge part, but the bigger part was still in tact.
Well HOW ODD IS THIS? 2 people dreaming about the moon hitting the earth?

That makes four of us now, I had the same dream too, several months ago. I was starting to wonder now that 2005 YU55 will be passing by, could it really happen? Good to see smarter people than myself able to explain why it could NOT happen.
 
  • #66
I had this dream last night. I googled "could the moon hit Earth" and found this page. I consider myself a person of science and would not normally believe in this scenario, however, it disturbs me that my subconscious mind would create this event even though I think it ridiculous. Then to find out that other people have had this dream is really bothersome. I know I have never seen any movie or media that would influence my dreams to create such an event. Is there any way that this COULD possibly happen?
 
  • #67
Xanya said:
I had this dream last night. I googled "could the moon hit Earth" and found this page. I consider myself a person of science and would not normally believe in this scenario, however, it disturbs me that my subconscious mind would create this event even though I think it ridiculous. Then to find out that other people have had this dream is really bothersome. I know I have never seen any movie or media that would influence my dreams to create such an event. Is there any way that this COULD possibly happen?

Presuming you're not a troll and multi-posting just to annoy people, then - as this thread explains - the described event basically has a ZERO probability. There's no way something can hit the moon and cause it to fall into the Earth. Even if the Moon was totally shattered, that wouldn't cause it to fall to Earth.
 
  • #68
qraal said:
Presuming you're not a troll and multi-posting just to annoy people, then - as this thread explains - the described event basically has a ZERO probability. There's no way something can hit the moon and cause it to fall into the Earth. Even if the Moon was totally shattered, that wouldn't cause it to fall to Earth.

Thank you for your response. No, I'm not a troll and normally wouldn't take the time to post on forums, but as this dream was very vivid, disturbing, and since other people have had the same dream, I thought it would be worth sharing. I actually wrote it down and noted in on my FB page as follows:

My Nightmare

May-2-2011

I was standing outside; I don't remember where I was or who I was with, I only know that I was not alone. It seemed as though it should have been nighttime though it was very bright out. I remember that my gaze was transfixed on the sky and I felt an incredibly vivid sense of disbelief and the most horrifying feeling of sadness and anguish which Shakespeare himself couldn't possibly begin to describe.
I can recall -very clearly- looking into the sky at the moon, but it was approximately 50 times larger than normal. Basically, the massive silvery-yellow body had captured the entire area of my peripheral view. I could visibly make out detailed surface formations of the object which would normally have been unnoticeable to the naked eye as it appeared to slowly draw closer to the Earth.
My memory of the dream gets somewhat hazy at this point, but I do recall checking some form of news media to get updated information on the event. I specifically remember feeling concerned about the time until impact.
The realness of the dream was so intense that I'm still consumed by the indescribable emotions which pulsate through my soul upon its recollection. The fact that my subconscious mind would devise such an event, considering that to the best of my knowledge the laws of physics and thermodynamics render it impossible, has me most perplexed. What's even more troubling, is that upon my Googling the possibility of a "moon hitting Earth" scenario, I've discovered that many other people have had nearly the exact same dream...and that's just creepy!


Please note that nothing in my dream gave any indication that the moon was actually struck by another object. Then again, considering the size it was in my dream, I would assume I missed the cause of its new trajectory.
 
  • #69
I don't see any need to keep this thread open; over 7 billion dreams happen every day. The fact that some of them are similar and involve an object in the sky and an object under their feet is nothing special.
 

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