[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Matata

But what really messes me up about the moon is that it really shouldn't even exist. Out of every celestial body we've ever observed, the moon is by far the oddest:
it's way too big, it's way too light, it has a perfect-circular orbit (every other moon observed has a wobbly, oblong orbit), the same side of the moon always faces the planet, it might be hollow (a NASA scientist that performed seismic tests on the moon famously remarked that it "rung like bell for 24 hours. The moon also has inexplicably shallow craters, implying a very hard structure beneath the dust). The moon also appears to be of identical size as the sun in the sky, as the sun is 400 times larger and 400 times further away (this one alone is so staggering improbable). The moon has a number of statistically impossible characteristics, and the summation of these characteristics is make it perfectly conducive to life on earth. I think the mere existence of the moon is the best evidence we have that life was seeded on earth by outside forces.

Holy cow there is so much wrong with this:

t's way too big: No it's not, take for example Pluto and Charon, the ratio of their sizes (0.51) is bigger than the ratio of the moon to earth (0.72)

it's way too light: not sure why you say this, there isn't really a minimum weight/density for a moon, but the density of the moon (3.34 g/cm^3), while low compared to earth, Mercury, or Venus, is about in line with Mars (3.93 g/cm3)

it has a perfect-circular orbit (every other moon observed has a wobbly, oblong orbit): This is 100% not true, there are tons of moons in our solar system that have circular orbits (the moon isn't prefet but it's pretty close). Literally the first moon I could think off of the top of my head and check (Io) has a more circular orbit than the moon


The same side of the moon always faces the planet: This is pretty normal, there are a ton of examples of other bodies that are tidally locked to body they are orbiting, in fact, given enough time, the vast majority of orbiting bodies will become tidally locked

it might be hollow (a NASA scientist that performed seismic tests on the moon famously remarked that it "rung like bell for 24 hours: It's not. A that's pretty much physically impossible, B, see the density above.

The moon also has inexplicably shallow craters, implying a very hard structure beneath the dust): There is nothing inexplicable shallow about the craters on the moon. Please show me where you got this information from, cause this is a pretty outlandish claim.

The moon also appears to be of identical size as the sun in the sky, as the sun is 400 times larger and 400 times further away (this one alone is so staggering improbable) Yup, sometimes coincidences happen. This is kind of like saying people aren't real because I ran into my friend in London.

The moon has a number of statistically impossible characteristics: Nothing is statistically impossible, improbable sure, but the only one you've mentioned that is improbable is the distance size relationship