Re:Volcanoes on the Moon May Have Erupted During the Dinosau...
by willis936 on Sunday August 18, 2019 @05:55PM
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I’m no geologist, but I’d be rather surprised to hear of a volcano that spits large volumes of material out at thousands of feet per second (delta-V necessary to transition from a lunar orbit to Earth). I would think it’s more likely that if there was a correlation between a large impact on Earth and seismic activity on the moon it would be Earth’s seismic activity that had a larger influence on the moon. Again, not in the field so take this all with salt.
Re:Volcanoes on the Moon May Have Erupted During the Dinosau...
by BurningFrog on Sunday August 18, 2019 @07:49PM
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With low gravity and no atmosphere, I can imagine stray rocks escaping into space.
I'd be real surprised if they were of any significant size though.
Re:Volcanoes on the Moon May Have Erupted During the Dinosau...
by aiyodev on Monday August 19, 2019 @01:21AM
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Isn't it more likely that volcanic activity on the moon was caused by meteor impacts? Maybe there used to be a lot of asteroids in Earth's orbit. The moon took a lot of the hits until the big one slipped by killing the dinosaurs.
Re:Volcanoes on the Moon May Have Erupted During the Dinosau...
by ijiiijji1 on Sunday August 18, 2019 @04:32PM
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Not necessarily. There are many types of volcanoes, and shield volcanoes aren't as violent... they ooze material rather than explode like a cinder cone. That lava wouldn't have enough momentum to go very far.
Given the gravity of the moon a volcano can definitely blast earth with material.