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[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago

The moon doesn't actually protect the Earth from asteroids. It's a net-zero because the extra mass attracts more asteroids.

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago

Your mom’s extra mass attracts more asteroids.

[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 11 points 2 months ago

~~How did you kn...~~ uh I mean, nuh-uh!

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Ok, I'm old. Asteroid is slang for what?

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I don't think it's common slang but in this particular case asteroid is the penis

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

It's not really about "attracting" asteroids, it's more about their orbital trajectory happening to intersect the Earth's at the right time. I think the Moon's gravity is about as likely to redirect an asteroid towards the Earth as it is away, but the Moon also physically intercepts some asteroids, so the net effect would be a slight decrease in Earthly asteroid impacts.

this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2024
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