<p>This has been called <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chengdu-fake-moon-news-eric-bretschneider/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"fake news"</a> However tides are caused by gravity, and the proposal doesn't seem to require very massive satellites, hence no tidal waves.</p>

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2019-01-05T08:13:31.287Z
2019-01-05T08:13:31.287Z
James K
<p>The "Artificial Moon" which is being proposed is not nearly as close a copy of the real moon as your concerns suggest. It will be smaller, closer and probably hollow, whereas the real moon is a rather large solid ball of rock quite a long way away. In particular the artificial moon would not be massive enough to exert significant gravity.</p>

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Steve Linton
<p>Some days ago i read about <a href="http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/10/china-artificial-moons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">China's artificial moon mission for lighting cities</a> </p>

<p>In my junior classes i was taught the effect of Moon's gravity on tidal waves.
<br>According to me this is a very dangerous mission this can cause floods due to additional gravitational force.
<br>Am I wrong?Please explain.</p>

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  <p>I had searched on Internet about this defect of China's artificial moon for lighting but i didn't found any result.Many astronomers are against this mission as this will disturb natural timing of flora and fauna.But no one has raised the point ,that it will disturb natural motion of tidal waves.
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2019-01-05T08:57:59.367Z
[Tsunamis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami) are *not* caused by the Moon's gravity.
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Objection on artificial moon for lighting
John Doe
# Objection on artificial moon for lighting

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-05)

Some days ago i read about [China's artificial moon mission for lighting cities](http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/10/china-artificial-moons)

In my junior classes i was taught the effect of Moon's gravity on tidal waves.
  
According to me this is a very dangerous mission this can cause floods due to additional gravitational force.
  
Am I wrong?Please explain.

> I had searched on Internet about this defect of China's artificial moon for lighting but i didn't found any result.Many astronomers are against this mission as this will disturb natural timing of flora and fauna.But no one has raised the point ,that it will disturb natural motion of tidal waves.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: [Tsunamis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami) are *not* caused by the Moon's gravity.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-01-05. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

This has been called ["fake news"](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chengdu-fake-moon-news-eric-bretschneider/) However tides are caused by gravity, and the proposal doesn't seem to require very massive satellites, hence no tidal waves.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-01-05. Score: 3

The "Artificial Moon" which is being proposed is not nearly as close a copy of the real moon as your concerns suggest. It will be smaller, closer and probably hollow, whereas the real moon is a rather large solid ball of rock quite a long way away. In particular the artificial moon would not be massive enough to exert significant gravity.


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