r/interestingasfuck • u/howimetyourcakeshop • 10h ago

Our moon being formed.

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u/ShaggyCan 8h ago

I'm pretty sure it's in Asimov's Foundation series where a character is actively looking for Earth, which has long been abandoned and lost, and the character sees Earth's statistics ie moons, size, density etc and exclaims that there is no such planet, no planet that small has a moon that big etc. it very much highlights how rare our planet could be.

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u/Your_New_Overlord 6h ago

Rare, yes, but with billions of solar systems there’s still a hell of a lot of others just like us.

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u/zindorsky 4h ago

Maybe. We don’t actually know the probabilities involved. What if they’re 1 in a quadrillion?

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u/Your_New_Overlord 2h ago

Two sentient lifeforms are never going to meet each other, so what’s the difference? It’s just a nice thought that we’re not alone.