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