[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Speaking of the odds and probability; the 1 in a million applies if we are talking about random events. However most large objects within our solar system are not moving on random patterns; quite often there is a definable flight path or orbit at work.

Here's something I've wondered about though. What if something quite massive were to slam into the moon at the right angle? Could we run the risk of the moon coming crashing down upon us? I'm thinking that could hurt.

The randomness comes form the fact that despite everything presumably being in nice predictable orbits, we don't know where they are, and we're presuming that these orbits are ramdomly distributed through the solar system.

As for the moon hitting us. I'm thinking that anything big enought to bump the moon into us would more than likely destroy a fairly large portion of hte moon noon while it was at it. So maybe we'd just get hit by a bunch of rather large moon chunks.