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They collected the stones, they professed their love, and blasted the evil planet before it had a chance to destroy the Earth. But… did they? I decided to nerd out and do the math and see what would actually happen if the 6th largest moon in the solar system was left hovering at the edge of space. Spoilers: it’s very, very bad.

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https://www.omnicalculator.com/physic...
https://thesolarsystem.fandom.com/wik...
https://www.wired.com/story/couldthe...
https://www.floodmap.net/
https://www.esa.int/Science_Explorati...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/...
https://www.pbs.org/video/pbsspacet...
https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/...

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:10 Plot Speedrun
2:56 The President's Men
3:56 The Density Question
5:40 Gravitational And Tidal Effects
8:05 Roche Limit
9:44 Scenario One
15:10 Scenario Two
17:15 Sponsor Factor