What would happen if the moon enter the earth atmosphere?
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The Moon could never enter the atmosphere in one piece. Long before it got that close it would be torn apart by tidal forces. The closest it could get before it broke up would put the surface of the moon about 6400 miles from the surface of the Earth. The atmosphere is generally considered to reach to about 62 miles above the surface of the Earth.
As far as interaction between the gravitational fields, that already happens. It is just such an interaction that holds the Moon in its present orbit. Gravitational interaction is also what would break the moon up when it got too close to the Earth.
As far as interaction between the gravitational fields, that already happens. It is just such an interaction that holds the Moon in its present orbit. Gravitational interaction is also what would break the moon up when it got too close to the Earth.
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