--- title: "3 Distance Moon Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Distance Moon quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Distance Moon sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/johannes-kepler-4278_animal_if-the-moon-and-earth-were-not-retained_77775.jpg" --- > [If the moon and earth were not retained in their orbits by their animal force or some other equivalent, the earth would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-kepler/if-the-moon-and-earth-were-not-retained-in-their-orbits-by-their/) [Johannes Kepler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-kepler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/johannes-kepler-4278_animal_if-the-moon-and-earth-were-not-retained_77775.jpg) > [“When an object impacts the Moon at high speed, it sets the Moon slightly wobbling. Eventually the vibrations die down but not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/when-an-object-impacts-the-moon-at-high-speed-it-sets-the-moon/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/carl-sagan-160_high-speed_when-an-object-impacts-the-moon-at-high_616973.jpg) > [From the distance of the moon, Earth was four times the size of a full moon seen from Earth. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buzz-aldrin/from-the-distance-of-the-moon-earth-was-four-times-the-size-of-a-full/) [Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buzz-aldrin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/buzz-aldrin-954_black_from-the-distance-of-the-moon-earth-was_1015714.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distance-moon/#itemlist", "name": "Distance Moon Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the moon and earth were not retained in their orbits by their animal force or some other equivalent, the earth would mount to the moon by a fifty-fourth part of their distance, and the moon fall towards the earth through the other fifty-three parts, and they would there meet, assuming, however, that the substance of both is of the same density.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johannes Kepler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-kepler/if-the-moon-and-earth-were-not-retained-in-their-orbits-by-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/johannes-kepler-4278_animal_if-the-moon-and-earth-were-not-retained_77775.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/johannes-kepler-4278_animal_if-the-moon-and-earth-were-not-retained_77775.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/johannes-kepler-4278_animal_if-the-moon-and-earth-were-not-retained_77775.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the moon and earth were not retained in their orbits by their animal force or some other equivalent, the…” — Johannes Kepler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When an object impacts the Moon at high speed, it sets the Moon slightly wobbling. 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