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, published in book form in 1993. They were originally published in Astronomy magazine.
Contents
The individual scenarios are:[1]
- 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
Reception
Reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus said that the first several stories were interesting, but noted that the conceit grew repetitive.[2][3]
References
External links
- What If the Moon Didn't Exist? Neil F. Comins, published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Reviews