Importance of the Moon

The moon is the only satellite of the earth, but it has been key for it to be as it is now and, Above all, without it, it would have been impossible for the conditions for life to exist in our planet.

The moon is essential for the tides to be possible. In the same way that the earth attracts the moon, it also attracts us, creating a stretching effect of the planet by rolling it. This produces a slight motion of attraction to the moon and vice versa, which causes the rise and fall of the tide twice a day.

Also, it has been shown that the moon imperceptibly moves away from the earth by just over 3 centimeters a year. What is significant about this is that if the moon were much closer, like billions of years ago, the rise or fall of the tides could be of kilometers.

This also weighs in that the force of attraction of the Moon, when it has been very close to the land and created incredible swells, they have been able to drag enormous amounts of land in which the minerals and chemical substances, together with the solar energy that was received, and form that first liquid, which many scientists call it colloquially "soup", in which the first molecules could be formed organic,

The moon, too, maintains the stability of the climate on our planet and the cycle of the seasons. In addition to this, if we did not have a satellite, if the moon were present at night and attracted us, the earth would take only 8 hours to make a complete turn on itself, which would affect several things: more violent winds, an atmosphere with further oxygen, greater magnetic field and, in addition, the year would have 1,095 days.

The value of the moon is, as we have said, that without its influence, the earth would more than likely not have existed as we know it. Even so, very little is still known about our satellite. Although it is true that several expeditions were made to it and material was obtained for its study, much is unknown about it and new ways of, In addition to being able to land on it, study it from other points of view that help us to get to know it much better and even see how to take advantage of some of its natural resources.