How to calculate the time of the fall of the Moon to the Earth in the event of a sudden termination of its movement around the Earth?
September 19, 2020 | Education
| It is necessary to use Kepler’s III law. The fall of the Moon to the Earth will occur in an elliptical orbit, the semi-major axis of which will be 2 times smaller than the existing one. The fall time is 4.9 days.
