Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24757748-20140509034237/@comment-3146930-20140509215858

BenRG wrote: Andrew S-997 wrote: I know it's the RWBY-verse, but physics in reality doesn't work in a way that would allow parts of the moon to stay suspended in space like that while the moon rotates on it's axis and rotates around the planet. Actually, that's not the case. Everything depends on whether the fragments have enough energy to overcome the gravity of all the other fragments, especially that of the rest of the Moon. If they don't then, after travelling out for a while, they'll start heading inward to rejoin the main mass again. The thing is that this could take centuries to happen, out and then in.

That aside, no, that isn't a long-term stable configuration. Either the fragments would settle back in or they would fly out into space, their final orbit strongly depending on their trajectory in leaving the Remanant/Moon system.

Additionally... Well, if Remant-B (the moon) is anywhere close to the size of Earth's Moon, those fragments are continent-sized and would cause an ELE if even one hit Remnant itself.

Could you imagine the amount of Dust you would need to control even one of those rocks the way Glynda controlled the debris in Episode 1. Not to mention that considering how far the moon is, you would need an army of people, or at least a sizable organization, able to use Dust in order to pull it off. Good thing Cinder doesn't have those things...wait.