Hollow moon
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The Hollow moon theory is a debunked theory that suggests that the moon is a large hollow sphere. Little published evidence of the theory's validity exists, and calculations regarding the Moon's size and the effect of its gravity mean that it is impossible for it to be hollow.[1]
Seismometer recordings from November 1969 are often cited as evidence. After seismometers were set up on the Moon's surface by the astronauts of Apollo XII, astronauts heading back to Earth discarded the ascent stage of the lunar module, dropping it on the moon's surface. The craft smashed and the shock waves the seismometers picked up lasted for about an hour. Seismic activity recorded since then demonstrates the presence of a core[2].
[edit] Hollow moons in literature
- Science fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote an adventure novel, The Moon Maid, set in the interior of a postulated hollow moon, which in his conception had an atmosphere and was inhabited. In the sequel, The Moon Men, natives of the hollow moon invaded and conquered Earth. Burroughs also wrote the series of Pellucidar novels set in the interior of his notion of a hollow Earth.
