What happens if the Moon falls to Earth?

What would happen if suddenly the Moon got closer to Earth, to the point of entering orbit and colliding with our planet?

The Moon and the Earth's only natural satellite and the largest object illuminate our night sky. It is the first and only place outside the Earth that humans have come to.

Gravity of the Moon creates a tide on Earth. Tidal waves can be the driving force for life to go from the ocean to the land.

This pulling force also keeps the Earth from swinging on its axis, making the weather relatively stable. In short, the Moon helps the Earth become a more livable place.

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The Moon and the Earth's only natural satellite.

What happens when it suddenly speeds up and rushes towards Earth?

The plan to destroy the Moon's Earth by crashing into it will go bankrupt when it reaches the limit of Roche .

The Moon itself will break, never to the surface of the Earth and it will be a very glorious sight.

But what is the limit for Roche?

In celestial bodies, it is the point when gravity keeps the satellite in one block, becoming weaker than the tidal force ripping it apart. In other words, the Moon can only access the nearest 18,470km from our planet before the tidal force shatters it into pieces.

All of our footprints and plugs are left on the Moon, all craters and valleys will disintegrate, leaving only the debris disk around the Earth's equator 37,000 kilometers in diameter, making the Earth become the second planet in the Solar System, after Saturn has this beautiful circular disk.

The difference is that our discs will not last long. Fragments of the former satellite, the Moon, will fall to Earth. That scene will be like hundreds of thousands of us-destroyed meteors, sweeping out cities and cities.