Calculated by the lab
- Moon count in the selected configuration
🌑 Steal the Moon
Remove Earth's visible Moon; tides and long-term tilt changes remain context.
The Moon disappears; tides and axial drift do not run.
Building the laboratory: star, orbit, planet, atmosphere...
What actually happens
The Moon raises much of Earth's ocean tide and influences the long-term stability of Earth's axial tilt. If it vanished, solar tides would remain and changes to axial behavior would unfold over very long timescales rather than overnight.
In this scenario the Moon count is set to zero, so the Moon and its orbit disappear from the rendering. The orbit, present axial tilt, ocean level, and global climate calculation otherwise stay at their Earth values.
Tidal amplitudes, biological effects, night brightness, and chaotic tilt evolution are not computed. They are reasons scientists care about large moons, not outputs of this experiment.
How the simulation unfolds
Each step is labeled so you can tell a calculated result from an explanatory visual or wider scientific context.
- Changed input
Set the moon count to zero
The planet keeps Earth's other inputs while its only moon is removed.
- Computed
The satellite count changes
The current configuration and dependent labels now report no moons.
- Illustrated
The Moon leaves the scene
The rendered satellite and moon-orbit guide disappear.
- Scientific context
Long-term effects need another model
Tides and axial stability are scientifically relevant consequences, but they are not calculated here.
What is computed, illustrated, and not modeled
Shown to explain the result
- Removal of the Moon and its orbit guide
Outside this model
- Ocean tides
- Night-sky brightness
- Long-term obliquity stability
Model scope: Only the moon count and rendering change. The experiment has no tidal or axial-evolution solver.