Join Dottie in going down a rabbit hole

I would like to share one of the rabbit holes my mind goes down:

See, I was watching this documentary on the formation of the moon, and for some reason I started thinking "what if we had ended up with 2 moons, instead of 1?"

Now there is a bunch of physics that would be in play in this situation, but since I don't understand it, I am going to skip it, and just talk about the effect on humans (assuming we evolved on this alternate Earth).

See, when you look up at the sky, there are the stars, and 7 objects that draw your attention: the Sun, the Moon, and 5 of the planets.

The moon in particular drew a lot of attention, and is why we have a lunar calendar and a day of the week named after it.

Assuming that in our alternate situation, the 2 moons ended up being roughly the same size, about half the size of our moon, they would still be bigger than anything in our sky other than the Sun, so would probably still get a significant role in our myths.

For the sake of this thought experiment, I decided that one moon would be close to setting when the other was rising. I don't know how likely that would be, but again, physics.

I pictured people deciding that people would tell stories about a cursed pair of lovers, who pursue each other, but can never embrace, or maybe they would be seen as a pair of over active kids playing an eternal game of Catch Me if You Can.

Well, folks, what do you think?



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