What If the Moon Didn't Exist
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What if the Moon Didn’t Exist is a collection of speculative articles about different versions of Earth. They were originally published in Astronomy magazine. The scenarios are:
- Solon – Earth without a Moon
- Lunholm – Moon closer to Earth
- Petiel – Earth with less mass
- Urania – Earth’s axis tilted like that of Uranus
- Granstar – More massive sun
- Antar – Effects if a supernova exploded near Earth
- Cerberon – Star passing through the solar system
- Diablo – Black Hole passing through the Earth
- Seeing the world via infrared
- Effects of ozone layer depletion
[edit] References
- Neil F. Comins: What If the Moon Didn’t Exist. HarperCollins, 1993 ISBN 0-06-016864-1
[edit] External links
- What If the Moon Didn't Exist? Neil F. Comins, published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific