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"the Moon is falling towards Earth. However, it also has an orbital speed from the momentum gained during its formation that allows it to fall around Earth with a trajectory that follows the same curve as Earth's surface. Because these paths are parallel, the Moon perpetually falls around Earth without ever touching it."
I know this.
But when did moon gain this orbital speed in the first place?
Hypothetically, if we disintegrate the moon and put an object with a same mass out of the blue where the moon was how that object would behave? Would it fall into world gradually leading a catastrophic collision due to the Earth's gravity or would it orbit around the Earth just like the moon?
I know this.
But when did moon gain this orbital speed in the first place?
Hypothetically, if we disintegrate the moon and put an object with a same mass out of the blue where the moon was how that object would behave? Would it fall into world gradually leading a catastrophic collision due to the Earth's gravity or would it orbit around the Earth just like the moon?