Major impact on the Moon

I've been watching the recent news about the close pass of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua'. It apparently passed as close to us as 60 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon at it's closest point.

That's really not far away at all, relatively speaking, so there is the obvious question of what would happen if it had hit us. That's been asked a lot, and the consensus seems to be that it would be very very bad, although not quite as bad as the one that hit the dinos.

But what hasn't been asked anywhere (as far as I can tell) is what would happen if it were to hit the Moon instead?

What effect would it have on us here on Earth? Would we get showered with debris? Would the Moon's orbit be affected? Would there be any political fallout? A space race to claim rights to the crater for scientific or mineral rights? Or any other effects that I haven't thought of?

posted almost 7 years ago

Simba‭

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