Cruciferous posted...
I see what you're saying but there must be like a perfect angle and amount of force that would do it for us. Taking the spin of the earth and such into consideration. If we can use math to basically blind shoot a rocket into the surface of a moon millions of miles away why can't we figure that out?
still ELI5 I am being half serious tho
Shooting a rocket to the moon is kind of like throwing a rock into the air with you good hand and trying to hit it with a second thrown rock from your off hand while it's still in the air.
Really though any force which pushes the earth hard enough to disrupt its orbit will also disrupt its rotation & revolution. Now I bet you're wondering why all this is a problem and I've got a handy comic for you.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/df6ffb4c.jpg