Fascinating animation shows what would happen if all of Earth's water was transferred to the moon
A fascinating animation shows what would happen if all of Earth’s water was transferred to the moon.
It is something that probably none of us have ever even considered before now, but what would happen if there was a vast amount of water on the moon?
According to the US Geological Survey, there is around 332,519,000 cubic miles of water on our planet.
So, how would the moon cope if we shipped it over there?
One YouTuber, who is known as Infinite Intellect, decided to shed some light on the idea.
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In a clip uploaded to the channel, the YouTuber said: “If we transferred all of Earth’s water to the moon the results would be visually staggering from Earth, however, unlike Earth, the moon is tidally locked, meaning it always shows the same face to us.
“This results in a permanent tidal bulge where the water would gather and be held by Earth’s gravitational pull, creating a constant elevated mound of water about 2,169 meters (7,116 feet) high on the side facing us.
“This unique and permanent water feature would make the moon utterly breathtaking.”
The idea of the Earth’s water being moved to the moon caused a stir online, with many people taking to the YouTube comment section to share their reactions.
One user wrote: “Thanks for answering the important questions in life.”
Another said: “Its reflection from the sun would be wild.”
A third person commented: “If the moon had a surface of water covering it, I think trying to land on the moon would be 900000X more terrifying.”
A fourth wrote: “Changes in the moon's mass, surface temperature, gravity, atmosphere... Epic scenario.”
And a fifth person added: “If Earth's oceans were on the moon, we would discover that the Mariana Trench is not the deepest point on Earth.”
Although one user envisioned a bigger problems, writing: “But guys, water will boil away because of the lack of atmospheric pressure in the moon.”
The user went on to add: “Most water vapor would evaporate and escape from moon's gravitational field (as the escape velocity is 2.38 km/s or 1.48 miles per second).
“A fraction of the water might remain as ice in permanently shadowed craters.”
However, there was one (rather morbid) solution raised to this, as another person pointed out: “If we transferred all of earths water to the moon we wouldn’t be around to see the results.”