What is a
Mearth ?
More than Word
A Paradigm Shift in Thinking
You may be scratching your head, wondering what the heck Mearth is. Fair question. Let's start simply. Mearth is the mash-up of 'Moon' and 'Earth.' Conceived during a lunch chat in Silicon Valley, Mearth aims to make you rethink the intimate and symbiotic relationship between Earth and the Moon. Before Mearth, we had no common name for the Moon and the Earth. While simple, Mearth conveys a dimensionality transcending generational gaps where a 6-year-old or a 70-year-old gets it. Mearth helps you instantly grasp a new way to understand the interconnectedness between Earth and the Moon.
For Star Trek fans, where would the Enterprise have been built? Within Mearth, a space that is reachable, tangible, and redefines human existence. A 297,000-Mile Radius.
Picture a sphere around Earth and the Moon with a radius of 297,000 miles (478,499 kilometers), or a diameter of 594,000 miles (956,998 kilometers). This radius encompasses Earth’s atmosphere and the Moon's orbital path, including its elliptical dance around Earth—which is an elliptical pattern and not a circle. Think of Earth and Moon as ballet partners dancing around a ballroom floor, moving not in circles but in a complex motion. This elongated loop occurs because their physical weights pull on each other unevenly and yet beautifully.
What is a Mearth ?
The Moon and Earth represent...
Mearth is the merging of two words into one word. The Moon and Earth represent Mearth.
The term is defined to represent the geography and the interconnectedness of the Earth and its satellite planet the Moon.
The area is defined by a radius of a sphere 297,000 miles (478,499 kilometers) around Earth extending past the Moon’s orbit (a diameter of 594,000 miles or 955,950 kilometers).
While the Earth and the Moon don’t travel in an absolute circle the extended distance accounts for the difference.
Mearth and the strong Relationship...
...Between the Moon and the Earth
The Moon plays an important role in:
- regulating the Earth's environment
- providing stability to the planet's rotation and tides
- stabilizing the tilt of Earth's axis, which in turn maintains the planet's climate and helps to prevent extreme temperature fluctuations
- stabilizing the ocean tides, which in turn helps to regulate nutrient cycles and supports marine ecosystems
- influencing the Earth's orbit and rotation has played a crucial role in the evolution of life on our planet
- helping to create stable climate conditions over billions of years
The Moon has also played a role on Earth by:
- generating tides from which species have evolved
- influencing biological functions such as in humans, fertility, menstruation, and birth rates
- creating tides that distribute nutrients throughout waters on the planet
- regulating the growth and influencing flowering and fruiting cycles
- assisting species to hunt, identify prey or danger
- helping in navigation and timekeeping
- influencing culture from movies to books and love
The Real Synergy Between Earth and Moon
Earth and the Moon are like lifelong buddies, each impacting the other. The Moon stabilizes Earth's climate, prevents our planet from wobbling, influences nutrient cycles, and supports marine ecosystems. It regulates biological functions, from fertility in humans to the growth and flowering cycles in plants. It influences culture from movies to books and serves a specific role in Earth's natural systems.
Why Mearth Matters
People often talk about 'space' as something far off—galaxies away. But Mearth is achievable with today's technology. Just having the conversation can generate a new sense of the human spirit, sparking innovation and fostering collaboration. As Mearth evolves, our collective identity also shifts. We'll begin to see ourselves not just as citizens of one country or another, but as inhabitants of Mearth.
Psychologically, humans also have a knack for filling space—your childhood bedroom, your first shared apartment. Your home today. We always fill the space we have. We've conquered lands and drawn boundaries. Yet, there’s a sense of emptiness, especially for the youth that humanity probably doesn’t know they have. What are they to conquer besides the most current game or to accumulate more? Mearth offers a new frontier, reshaping the conversation about our identity and our planet.
A Mearth Future
Talking about Mearth introduces a realistic and transformational future. Sure, it will be hard, but history shows we’ve overcome many challenges, and we have always been destined to build. What if this endeavor could be the catalyst for change for all species on Earth?