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If the moon were to hit Earth how much force would it hit it with?
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If the moon were to hit Earth how much force would it hit it with?

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Knowing the moon weighs approximately 7x10^22 kg and is orbiting at 1 km/s, it would take roughly 7x10^25 joules to slow its orbit down enough to crash it into earth.

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