Get smart curated videos delivered to your inbox.   SUBSCRIBE
The Kid Should See This

What would the moon look like if it was as close as the ISS?

Watch more with these video collections:

What would the moon look like if it was at the same distance from Earth as the International Space Station? (That’s 240-ish miles above our planet instead of its usual 238,900 miles away.)

While the physics would make this rather undesirable — likely breaking the moon into Saturn-like rings and generally messing with Earth’s liquids, atmosphere, etc, — it would look pretty amazing if it was possible. Amateur astronomer Yetipc1 imagines it would look something likeĀ this slightly sped-up simulation, though the moon breaking apart and forming rings around EarthĀ would also be pretty cool.

Related watching:Ā Veritasium’s How Far Away is the Moon?Ā and Yetipc1’s what if the moon were replaced with some of our planets?

via io9.

This Webby award-winning video collection exists to help teachers, librarians, and families spark kid wonder and curiosity. TKSST features smarter, more meaningful content than what's usually served up by YouTube's algorithms, and amplifies the creators who make that content.

Curated, kid-friendly, independently-published. Support this mission by becoming a sustaining member today.

🌈 Watch these videos next...

Why The Full Moon is Better in Winter – Minute Physics

Rion Nakaya

Tour of the Moon (our One and Only)

Rion Nakaya

The Moon Illusion – AsapScience

Rion Nakaya

The Apollo 15 Hammer and Feather Drop on the moon (1971)

Rion Nakaya

The 45th Anniversary of EarthriseĀ (2013) – NASA

Rion Nakaya

Supermoon ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse – NASA

Rion Nakaya

Strange & beautiful shadows created by the annular solar eclipse

Rion Nakaya

See the International Space Station transit the moon

Rion Nakaya

Saturn’s Mysterious Moons

Rion Nakaya